| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: 10.0 |
| Date: | 2016-06-17 17:35:04 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoYmxP5=t=g_5oqWBqdgsWRwNQVcjeDv+5hWpEOV_bv2bQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure wrote:
>
>> Ugliness is a highly subjective qualifier. OTOH, Backwards
>> compatibility, at least when the checks are properly written :-), is a
>> very objective benefit.
>
> This is the argument that made us kept the PostgreSQL name instead of
> renaming back to Postgres. I'm not a fan of it.
I, on the other hand, am a big fan of backward-compatibility.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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