Re: Clarification on Naming convention of the new recent packages #162

Hi,

On Mon, 2026-03-09 at 10:44 -0600, Eduar Flow wrote:
> The PGDG RPMs for RHEL 8 are typically built against the most recent
> minor release available (currently 8.10). Because Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux maintains ABI compatibility across RHEL 8 minor versions,
> packages built on 8.10 remain compatible with earlier minor releases
> such as 8.9, 8.8, etc.
>
> For that reason, the package naming may include the ".rhel8.10" suffix
> even when the RPM is located in repositories corresponding to earlier
> minor versions like "rhel-8.9-x86_64".
>
> In short, the suffix reflects the build environment rather than a
> strict requirement for that exact minor release.

If this is an AI response, it is not funny and it is incorrect. If this
is not AI response, it is incorrect.

Per:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel8-abi-compatibility
https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel9-abi-compatibility
https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel10-abi-compatibility

"During the life cycle of a major release, Red Hat makes commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain the binary compatibility of the runtime
environment across all minor releases and errata advisories. If
necessary, Red Hat may make exceptions to this compatibility goal for
critical impact security or other significant issues."

Regards,

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Devrim Gündüz
Open Source Solution Architect, PostgreSQL Major Contributor
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