Re: PSA: Planning to grease protocol connections during 19beta

Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>

From: Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2026-05-05T21:27:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 11:58 AM Jacob Champion
<jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> Something I'm struggling with is whether (and how) to have people let
> us know when they've hit this, so that we know that the campaign is
> working. I have some language to that effect in the "What do I need to
> do?" section, but I don't really know what list I should point to, if
> any, nor what they should say so that they don't confuse the list
> regulars. I'm considering removing that part of the call to action.

I have removed this.

Are there any opinions on whether [1] in its current state is an
improvement over [2] as a landing page for users who hit this? I would
only swap out the link if I can get the wiki page protected.

Thanks,
--Jacob

[1] https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Grease
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNECT-MAX-PROTOCOL-VERSION