Re: Version Numbering -- The great debate

From: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Version Numbering -- The great debate
Date: 2004-08-01 11:13:14
Message-ID: 410CD04A.2030103@bigfoot.com
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
>>What was the rule for increasing the first number after just before
>>7.0?
>
>
> That was just to avoid having to release a 6.6.6, which Jan had clearly
> been working towards. :-)
>
> Seriously, major version jumps correspond to epoch-like changes, like
> when the code moved out of Berkeley, or when we switched from bug
> fixing to adding features. Maybe the next epoch would be after a
> hostile takeover of firebird. But right now I see no epoch change,
> just a potential for confusing users. Consistency and humbleness can
> be a virtue.

Have a win32 native implementation is not a epoch change about you ?

Regards
Gaetano Mendola

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