| From: | Josh berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 9.6 -> 10.0 |
| Date: | 2016-04-11 18:41:28 |
| Message-ID: | 570BEFD8.4080202@agliodbs.com |
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On 04/11/2016 11:32 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On 04/11/2016 11:18 AM, Josh berkus wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> Correct, they are used internally only.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Right and I am not suggesting that we migrate to a policy where we
>>> reference only (or even primarily) the "cute name".
>>
>> So you're thinking just a release name until the number is assigned?
>> Would that benefit anything?
>
> I think there is something to be said for standing in front of a bunch
> of non database people (say... newbie rails developers) and saying:
>
> PostgreSQL is about to release 10.0, otherwise known as Buffalo stampede.
I don't get the value here.
And I spend a lot of time with junior developers. Thing is, the New
Cool Tools (Docker, Rust, Node, GoLang, etc.) *don't* use release names.
This implies that cute release names are passe'.
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Josh Berkus
Red Hat OSAS
(any opinions are my own)
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