Re: 10.0
David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Josh berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-05-17T14:51:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 01:45:09PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 14 May 2016 at 02:49, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > * This year's major release will be 9.6.0, with minor updates 9.6.1, > > 9.6.2, etc. It's too late to do otherwise for this release cycle. > > > > * Next year's major release will be 10.0, with minor updates 10.1, > > 10.2, etc. > > > > * The year after, 11.0. Etc cetera. > > > > > Yes. Please! > > I get tired of explaining to people that PostgreSQL "9.x" isn't a thing, > that yes, 9.3 and 9.4 really _do_ have incompatible data directories and > replication protocols, and that when the docs say "major version" they > don't mean "major version as you might actually expect" but "first two > version number parts". > > Lets get rid of this user-baffling wart. Hear, hear! Sadly, we're too late for 9.6, but we can start with 10.0 and finish this silliness once and for good. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate