Re: Rename Postgres 19 to Postgres 26 (year-based)?

From: jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Nikolay Samokhvalov <nik(at)postgres(dot)ai>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kirk Wolak <wolakk(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Rename Postgres 19 to Postgres 26 (year-based)?
Date: 2026-05-25 23:28:06
Message-ID: CACJufxFY8g3tUM2SGa1p+oegZnyNtg6OLqmezzumkm0vsLiKvg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 6:22 AM Nikolay Samokhvalov <nik(at)postgres(dot)ai> wrote:
>
> The slip risk, the N+1 marketing-renumbering precedent, and the possibility that cadence may change (biannual or otherwise) -- all make sense.
>
> Year-tied version numbers don't fit. Let me propose something smaller that still addresses the underlying user problem — knowing at a glance how old a release is and when it goes EOL.
>
> I have another, much lighter proposal. In fact, two paths:
>
> 1) Docs. Add something like "Major version NN released YYYY, EOL Mon YYYY" explicitly on pages like:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index.html
>

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/
After "PDF Version", add another column makes sense to me.

> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index.html
For these two links, I'm not entirely sure where the best place to put
that information would be.

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