Re: EOL for 7.4?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: EOL for 7.4?
Date: 2009-11-03 17:02:15
Message-ID: 6816.1257267735@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Personally, I would be more inclined to keep 7.4 as a supported version
> and remove support for 8.0, possibly 8.1 also.

That would be basically useless from a maintenance-effort perspective
--- if you don't work back through the branches in a methodical way when
back-patching, you're liable to make mistakes; and in any case you have
to study each branch delta even if you don't bother to commit.

regards, tom lane

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