> WWW Folks,
> 
> The release announcement news item has been posted to wwwmaster.
> 
> Please DO NOT APPROVE THIS until Marc gives the thumbs-up, 
> which will probably be Monday AM EST.
> 
> In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if someone checked my 
> formatting and links. Thanks!

Looks good to me. One question though - is "patch release" the normal
term for these? I thought we used to call them "minor versions"? 

I could well be wrong on this :-) But if "patch release" is what we call
them, I know at least one page I wrote recently (the security one) needs
updating, so it'd be good to know.


//Magnus

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > WWW Folks,
> > 
> > The release announcement news item has been posted to wwwmaster.
> > 
> > Please DO NOT APPROVE THIS until Marc gives the thumbs-up, 
> > which will probably be Monday AM EST.
> > 
> > In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if someone checked my 
> > formatting and links. Thanks!
> 
> Looks good to me. One question though - is "patch release" the normal
> term for these? I thought we used to call them "minor versions"? 
> 
> I could well be wrong on this :-) But if "patch release" is what we call
> them, I know at least one page I wrote recently (the security one) needs
> updating, so it'd be good to know.

Thanks.  We are discussing it now.

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On Friday 06 January 2006 17:03, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > WWW Folks,
> > >
> > > The release announcement news item has been posted to wwwmaster.
> > >
> > > Please DO NOT APPROVE THIS until Marc gives the thumbs-up,
> > > which will probably be Monday AM EST.
> > >
> > > In the meantime, I'd appreciate it if someone checked my
> > > formatting and links. Thanks!
> >
> > Looks good to me. One question though - is "patch release" the normal
> > term for these? I thought we used to call them "minor versions"?
> >
> > I could well be wrong on this :-) But if "patch release" is what we call
> > them, I know at least one page I wrote recently (the security one) needs
> > updating, so it'd be good to know.
>

We've always referred to our versioning scheme as major.minor.revision, but...  

> Thanks.  We are discussing it now.

I guess we'll see what they come up with. 

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Robert,

> > Thanks.  We are discussing it now.
>
> I guess we'll see what they come up with.

Your Suggestions Are Welcome.   Personally, I'm trying to come up with a 
term that indicates this is a "fix" release and does not contain new 
features or require a drop and reload.   "Minor Release" is a rather 
obscure term for non-insiders.    My tendency is towards "Update Release" 
or "Revision Release".

-- 
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> > > Thanks.  We are discussing it now.
> >
> > I guess we'll see what they come up with.
> 
> Your Suggestions Are Welcome.   Personally, I'm trying to come up with a 
> term that indicates this is a "fix" release and does not contain new 
> features or require a drop and reload.   "Minor Release" is a rather 
> obscure term for non-insiders.    My tendency is towards "Update Release" 
> or "Revision Release".

Service Pack?  LOL

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Robert,
>>
>>>> Thanks.  We are discussing it now.

>> Your Suggestions Are Welcome.   Personally, I'm trying to come up with a 
>> term that indicates this is a "fix" release and does not contain new 
>> features or require a drop and reload.   "Minor Release" is a rather 
>> obscure term for non-insiders.    My tendency is towards "Update Release" 
>> or "Revision Release".
> 
> Service Pack?  LOL

What about 8.0 update 6?

That is what Redhat does I think.. Tom?

Joshua D. Drake



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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> That is what Redhat does I think.. Tom?

I like "minor release", that's what we've generally called these in the
past.

			regards, tom lane

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> That is what Redhat does I think.. Tom?
>
> I like "minor release", that's what we've generally called these in the
> past.

I'm going to side with both Bruce and Tom on this one ... historically, 
its what we've called it, and, as Robert states, it is how we've always 
advertised things ...

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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Robert,
>>
>>>> Thanks.  We are discussing it now.
>>>
>>> I guess we'll see what they come up with.
>>
>> Your Suggestions Are Welcome.   Personally, I'm trying to come up with a
>> term that indicates this is a "fix" release and does not contain new
>> features or require a drop and reload.   "Minor Release" is a rather
>> obscure term for non-insiders.    My tendency is towards "Update Release"
>> or "Revision Release".
>
> Service Pack?  LOL

'k, now you are quickly losing any support from me >:)

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