Re: 8.5 vs. 9.0

Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no>

From: Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-01-21T23:53:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thursday 21. January 2010 10.37.41 Dave Page wrote:
> In an attempt to pre-empt the normally drawn-out discussions about
> what the next version of PostgreSQL will be numbered. the core team
> have discussed the issue and following a lenghty debate lasting
> literally a few minutes decided that the next release shall be....
> 
> Wait for it....
> 
> 9.0.

Care to shed some light on what features (yes, we users care about features) warrant this major version-bump? Is there a link somewhere?

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Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no>
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