Re: New version numbering practices

On 08/01/2016 04:25 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> Somewhat related is how we name the git branches. It would help me from
>> a buildfarm POV if we kept lexically them sortable, which could be done
>> at least for the next 90 major releases :-) by adding an underscore
>> after the REL piece, thus: REL_10_STABLE. I realise that's a way off,
>> but it's worth bringing up while we're discussing the topic.
> Hmm, sounds a bit C-locale-centric, but I have no objection to inserting
> an underscore there if it seems helpful.

Good. FTR I tested this with every locale on my system and the results
were identical .

>
> What I thought would be worth discussing is whether to continue using the
> "_STABLE" suffix. It seems rather like a noise word for our purposes.
> OTOH, dropping it might be a headache for scripts that deal with branch
> names --- any thoughts?
>
>

Just from the buildfarm POV it poses no difficulties.

cheers

andrew