Re: [PATCH] Correct the version sent in protocol negotiation

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