Re: 10.0
Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
From: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-05-15T12:02:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> writes: >> I think moving to a two-number format is a mistake: what exactly will >> PQserverVersion() return in that case? > > For, say, 10.2 it would be 100002, equivalent to 10.0.2 under old style. > > We could redefine it as being major plus four-digit minor, really. > Under the current maintenance scheme we never get anywhere near minor > release 99 before a branch dies ... but having some more breathing room > there would not be a bad thing. Perhaps that would be a good topic for the developer meeting in Ottawa? That's just in two days, so it looks like a good timing. -- Michael