Re: Numbering of the next release: 8.0 vs 7.4

Tom Lane wrote:
> Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
>
>>FWIW, the 6.4 protocol change didn't force a move from 6.3.2 to 7.0.
>
>
> True, but that was a much smaller change than what we're contemplating
> here. AFAIR, those changes did not affect the majority of applications
> --- they only needed to relink with a newer client library, and voila
> they spoke the new protocol perfectly well. The planned changes for
> error handling (error codes, etc) will be something that will affect
> almost every app. They won't *need* to change, maybe, but they'll
> probably *want* to change.
>
> But let's wait till feature freeze to have this discussion; we'll know
> better by then exactly what we're talking about.

Yep, that sounds like the best idea.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

> regards, tom lane

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