Re: 10.0

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 01:45:09PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 14 May 2016 at 02:49, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > * This year's major release will be 9.6.0, with minor updates 9.6.1,
> > 9.6.2, etc. It's too late to do otherwise for this release cycle.
> >
> > * Next year's major release will be 10.0, with minor updates 10.1,
> > 10.2, etc.
> >
> > * The year after, 11.0. Etc cetera.
> >
> >
> Yes. Please!
>
> I get tired of explaining to people that PostgreSQL "9.x" isn't a thing,
> that yes, 9.3 and 9.4 really _do_ have incompatible data directories and
> replication protocols, and that when the docs say "major version" they
> don't mean "major version as you might actually expect" but "first two
> version number parts".
>
> Lets get rid of this user-baffling wart.

Hear, hear!

Sadly, we're too late for 9.6, but we can start with 10.0 and finish
this silliness once and for good.

Cheers,
David.
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