Re: Stamping of 8.4

Stephen Frost wrote:
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> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > > I admit I am surprised by the library bump. We haven't done anything to
> > > the libraries yet, so why bump the versions?
> >
> > Minor version bump is done unconditionally for each release cycle.
>
> This isn't a *huge* deal, but I'm not sure it's actually appropriate.
> We should bump the minor version when we actually add something new to
> the library (which is probably just about every time we do a major
> version, but still).

The problem is the risk of forgetting during development. When we break
an API it is obvious, but improvements are so regular you can't remember
when you first do it for each interface.

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