> Well, the psqlODBC driver apparently ran into a number of problems
with
> libpq that resulted in them not using it for their purpose.
> Given libpq primary purpose is to connect to PostgreSQL, it failing at
that is
> something that should be fixed.

I think you are forgetting, that e.g. a JDBC driver will not want to
depend on
an external C dll at all. It will want a native Java implementation
(Group 4).
Thus imho it is necessary to have a defined wire protocol, which we
have.

So if a driver needs to use the wire protocol it is imho not a problem.
If applications started using it, because they don't find a suitable
driver,
now that would be a problem.

Andreas

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