From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Dilger <hornschnorter(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 10.0 |
Date: | 2016-06-20 20:41:01 |
Message-ID: | 20160620204101.GA38198@alvherre.pgsql |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:00 PM, David G. Johnston
> > <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> 10.x is the desired output.
>
> > 10.x is the output that some people desire. A significant number of
> > people, including me, would prefer to stick with the current
> > three-part versioning scheme, possibly with some change to the
> > algorithm for bumping the first digit (e.g. every 5 years like
> > clockwork).
>
> If we were going to do it like that, I would argue for "every ten years
> like clockwork", e.g. 10.0.x is next after 9.9.x. But in point of fact,
> Robert, you already made your case for that approach and nobody else
> cared for it.
I voted for this approach initially too, and I think it has merit --
notably, that it would stop this discussion. It was said that moving
to two-part numbers would stop all discussion, but it seems to have had
exactly the opposite effect.
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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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