Re: client_encoding directive is ignored in

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Yep.  Tatsuo, you should apply the patch to fix the problem.  Shame this
> didn't make it into 7.3.2.  Should we backpatch?

No.  I'm not happy that we're breaking libpq for pre-7.2 servers, and
I definitely don't want to see it done in 7.3.  That's way too short
notice.  Especially it's not something to spring on people in a
dot-release.  Put it in 7.4 with a fat compatibility warning in the
release notes.
        regards, tom lane