Re: Version Numbering - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Version Numbering
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In response to Re: Version Numbering  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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David Wheeler:

> No idea what you mean by that, but generally it's a bad idea 
> to switch from dotted-integer version numbers and numeric 
> version numbers. See Perl (Quel dsastre!).

Yeah, I think Perl is a prime example of how NOT to handle 
version numbering. :) I think we got it right the first time.

David Fetter:

> "We're using Postgre 8"
>
> See also all the flocks of tools that claim to support "Postgres 8"

Flocks? Handful at best, and no reason we should be catering to 
their inaccuracies.

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