Re: Odd release numbers for development versions?
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Robert B. Easter" <reaster@comptechnews.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-06-06T16:19:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"Robert B. Easter" <reaster@comptechnews.com> writes: > Like 7.0.x would be the current stable branch. 7.1.x, the current > development branch. The next stable branch would be 7.2.x. Within > the current even release stable branch, maybe only do bug fixes. In > the odd dev releases, focus on new/experiemental. Both branches could > have very frequent *.x revisions/builds. This has been proposed before, and rejected before. The key developers mostly don't believe that the Linux style "release early, release often" approach is appropriate for the Postgres project. Few people are interested in running beta-quality databases, so there's no point in going to the effort of maintaining two development tracks. regards, tom lane