Re: Version Numbering

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Version Numbering
Date: 2010-08-20 21:17:39
Message-ID: 01964b38242e1599090eb2c6313976ba@biglumber.com
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David Wheeler:

> No idea what you mean by that, but generally it's a bad idea
> to switch from dotted-integer version numbers and numeric
> version numbers. See Perl (Quel dsastre!).

Yeah, I think Perl is a prime example of how NOT to handle
version numbering. :) I think we got it right the first time.

David Fetter:

> "We're using Postgre 8"
>
> See also all the flocks of tools that claim to support "Postgres 8"

Flocks? Handful at best, and no reason we should be catering to
their inaccuracies.

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