| From: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Version Numbering -- The great debate |
| Date: | 2004-08-01 23:22:49 |
| Message-ID: | 87vfg2wiie.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org |
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Huh? That is exactly counter to most people's expectations about
> version numbering. N.0 is the unstable release, N.1 is the one
> with some bugs shaken out. If we release a 7.5 people will expect
> it to be less buggy than 7.4, and I'm not sure we can promise that.
I agree with this, and from my non-authoritative viewpoint as a user
and rabid advocate, I think we should be going with 8.0 for this
release as well. :)
-Doug
--
Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
--T. J. Jackson, 1863
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