>> The current system give people the completely false impression that
>> 7.0 and 7.4 are somehow similar.
>
> On what planet?
on every single planet of the universe, except the one called
"postgrearth", whose inhabitants breathe sql and eat messages from
postgresql mailing lists... :-)
most people I know, think 8.1 is just 8.0 with some fixes...
regards,
/sak