Re: Just for fun: Postgres 20?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Juan José Santamaría Flecha <juanjo(dot)santamaria(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, marcelo zen <mzen(at)itapua(dot)com(dot)uy>, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas(at)visena(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Just for fun: Postgres 20?
Date: 2020-06-01 19:20:21
Message-ID: 424595.1591039221@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> As has already been pointed out, it could definitely happen, but we
> could solve that by just using a longer version number, say, including
> the month and, in case we ever do multiple major releases in the same
> month, also the day. In fact, we might as well take it one step
> further and use the same format for the release number that we use for
> CATALOG_VERSION_NO: YYYYMMDDN. So this fall, piggybacking on the
> success of PostgreSQL 10, 11, and 12, we could look then release
> PostgreSQL 202009241 or so.

But then where do you put the minor number for maintenance releases?

regards, tom lane

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