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

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2026-05-24T17:03:59Z

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> writes:
> On 22.05.26 08:54, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I don't like either version of this proposal, because I fear it
>> puts way too much faith in our ability to adhere to a fixed release
>> calendar.  What happens if "v2027" slips into 2028?  Are we then
>> unable to resume the normal schedule for the following release?

> Furthermore, some things that release toward the end of year N are 
> released as version N+1, for marketing reasons.  So this approach 
> wouldn't even really reduce ambiguity or the need for more arguing.

A different angle came up in the AI-focused unconference session at
PGConf.dev: somebody speculated that use of AI might accelerate our
development cycle to the point where it'd be sensible to have two
major releases per year.  I'm not saying I believe that, mind you.
But it reinforces the point that tying our release numbers to years
would put undesirable constraints on our release calendar.

			regards, tom lane