Re: New version numbering practices

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:25 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> Somewhat related is how we name the git branches. It would help me from
>> a buildfarm POV if we kept lexically them sortable, which could be done
>> at least for the next 90 major releases :-) by adding an underscore
>> after the REL piece, thus: REL_10_STABLE. I realise that's a way off,
>> but it's worth bringing up while we're discussing the topic.
>
> Hmm, sounds a bit C-locale-centric, but I have no objection to inserting
> an underscore there if it seems helpful.
>
> What I thought would be worth discussing is whether to continue using the
> "_STABLE" suffix. It seems rather like a noise word for our purposes.
> OTOH, dropping it might be a headache for scripts that deal with branch
> names --- any thoughts?

I would have thought that REL10_STABLE is the best balance between
what we have now and the future numbering system.
--
Michael