From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Version Numbering |
Date: | 2010-08-20 20:37:30 |
Message-ID: | 20100820203730.GC31484@fetter.org |
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:48:12AM -0700, David Wheeler wrote:
> On Aug 20, 2010, at 11:47 AM, David Fetter wrote:
>
> >> No idea what you mean by that, but generally it's a bad idea to
> >> switch from dotted-integer version numbers and numeric version
> >> numbers. See Perl (Quel désastre!).
> >
> > I'm thinking that after 9.0, the first release of the next major
> > version should be 10.0, and the one after that, 11.0, etc., etc.
>
> Oh. Good luck with that. I disagree, FWIW.
>
> > The current system give people the completely false impression
> > that 7.0 and 7.4 are somehow similar.
>
> On what planet?
"We're using Postgre 8"
See also all the flocks of tools that claim to support "Postgres 8"
Cheers,
David.
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