Re: Version Numbering

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Version Numbering
Date: 2010-08-20 18:36:55
Message-ID: 24C9F8AA-02DD-427C-98C2-C2344A3844ED@kineticode.com
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On Aug 20, 2010, at 11:34 AM, David Fetter wrote:

> +1 for three-number versions...well, until we really see the light and
> go to two-number versions. 8.3 and 8.4 are different enough that they
> shouldn't even mildly appear the same, for example.

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 désastre!).

Best,

David

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