On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> > Just to clearify: the SSL-enabled server still accepts 6.6 clients that are
> > compiled without SSL support, but it will not accept from 6.5 clients, as it
> > is now.
>
> Right. My feeling is that we must make it possible for a 6.6 server to
> accept connections from 6.5 (and earlier) clients, or the upgrade will
> be too painful at large sites.
But, we've had protocol changes before that breaks backward
compatibility...why is this all of a sudden a problem? As long as this is
a "known" issue for an upgrade (something for the 'migrating to...'
section of the HISTORY file), I personally see no reason why the protocol
can't mature/change...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
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