Re: [HACKERS] Wild idea: 9.0?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Wild idea: 9.0?
Date: 2007-04-23 21:57:37
Message-ID: 14078.1177365457@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> ... should this be 9.0 instead of 8.3?

No. This is mere version-number-inflation.

Eyeing the patch queue and wondering how much of it is really going to
get in, I'm not sure that eight point two and a half wouldn't be a more
appropriate name. It's been a short devel cycle and one almost entirely
focused on performance, not user-visible features.

> Seems like it'd be both an annoucement of how far we've come, as well as a
> warning to users that the 8.2-->9.0 upgrade could be painful.

Why would you think that?

regards, tom lane

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