Re: [HACKERS] Wild idea: 9.0? - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Wild idea: 9.0?
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Msg-id 14078.1177365457@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Wild idea: 9.0?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> ... should this be 9.0 instead of 8.3?

No.  This is mere version-number-inflation.

Eyeing the patch queue and wondering how much of it is really going to
get in, I'm not sure that eight point two and a half wouldn't be a more
appropriate name.  It's been a short devel cycle and one almost entirely
focused on performance, not user-visible features.

> Seems like it'd be both an annoucement of how far we've come, as well as a
> warning to users that the 8.2-->9.0 upgrade could be painful.

Why would you think that?

            regards, tom lane

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