Re: Version Numbering

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Peter Geoghegan <peter(dot)geoghegan86(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, "Sergio A(dot) Kessler" <sergiokessler(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Version Numbering
Date: 2010-08-25 14:17:42
Message-ID: 4C752606.1000702@bluegap.ch
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Hi,

On 08/21/2010 10:11 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> We changed 8.5 to 9.0 explicitly because doing so was good marketing,

That's exactly how I see this as well. The current scheme allows for
some flexibility for marketing purposes while still being
self-consistent and logical in numbering.

<sarcasm> And it allows us to have heated debates about whether or not
the next release is worth a major version bump. </sarcasm>

Regards

Markus

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