Re: 10.0

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: 10.0
Date: 2016-06-17 17:04:47
Message-ID: 20160617170447.GA122955@alvherre.pgsql
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Merlin Moncure wrote:

> Ugliness is a highly subjective qualifier. OTOH, Backwards
> compatibility, at least when the checks are properly written :-), is a
> very objective benefit.

This is the argument that made us kept the PostgreSQL name instead of
renaming back to Postgres. I'm not a fan of it.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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  • Re: 10.0 at 2016-06-17 13:24:35 from Merlin Moncure

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  • Re: 10.0 at 2016-06-17 17:35:04 from Robert Haas
  • Re: 10.0 at 2016-06-18 04:20:06 from Josh Berkus

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