Re: about EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH

Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of vie oct 14 09:36:47 -0300 2011:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> >> Oh, true, we have that, though it's not very usable because you have to
> >> rename the file from .psqlrc-9.0.3 to .psqlrc-9.0.4 when you upgrade,
> >> which is kinda silly.
> >
> > True.  We don't add configuration changes in minor versions so having
> > minor-version granularity makes no sense.
> >
> > The attached patch changes this to use the _major_ version number for
> > psql rc files.  Does this have to be backward-compatible?  Should I
> > check for minor and major matches?  That is going to be confusing to
> > document.
> 
> Checking for a minor match and then a major match seems sensible.

And backwards compatible too!  +1 to that.  An idea that you can
describe in six words doesn't seem all that confusing.

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