Re: Correct documentation for protocol version

Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>

From: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>

To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>

Cc: Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2025-08-12T09:52:06Z

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Same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/messages/:b64id/commits the thread's linked commits as JSON, with link sources. API reference →

Do not hardcode PG_PROTOCOL_LATEST in NegotiateProtocolVersion
- 516b87502dc1 18.0 cited

On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 at 10:01, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> wrote:
> This is largely redundant with the table in section 54.1.4. Protocol
> Versions
> (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/protocol-overview.html#PROTOCOL-VERSIONS).

I had forgotten about that table. How about we simply remove this page
completely and integrate the info about changes without a version bump
into the table?