I see. The "minor version" has its own meaning in postgres context.
That makes sense. Thank you for clarification, Laurenz.
On 07/06/2026 13:06, Laurenz Albe wrote:
On Sun, 2026-06-07 at 10:00 +0800, Ning Sun wrote:
Our protocol doc describes protocol negotiation message will send latest
minor version. However that field is a 4-byte one. The actual
implementation sends full version including the major part:
The patch included just clarifies this behavior by removing "minor" from
"newest minor version".
To my understanding, the "minor version" is the entire version *including*
the last number, like 18.4 (and not only .4).
In this, I seem to be in agreement with
https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/
To me, removing the "minor" makes the text less clear. If we change that
at all, perhaps a wording like "the full version, including the minor
release" would remove any ambiguity.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
