Re: Numbering of the next release: 8.0 vs 7.4

From: "Sander Steffann" <sander(at)steffann(dot)nl>
To: "Justin Clift" <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Numbering of the next release: 8.0 vs 7.4
Date: 2003-03-12 12:33:01
Message-ID: 006501c2e893$859890c0$c901a8c0@office.computel.nl
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Hi,

> Would it be cool to decide on the version numbering of our next release
> like this:
>
> + If it looks like we'll have Win32 and/or PITR recovery in time for
> the next release, we call it PostgreSQL 8.0
>
> + If not, we call it 7.4

Wouldn't a new FE/BE protocol be a better reason to call it 8.0? Raising the
major version number together with introducing a new protocol which causes
incompatibilities between new clients and older servers seems like a logical
combination...

Just a thought... :)
Sander.

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