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

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Wild idea: 9.0?
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Msg-id 200704231517.48045.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Wild idea: 9.0?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom,

> 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.

Ah, in my enthusiasm I was assuming most of it would clear.

>
> > 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?

File format changes and the implicit conversion patch.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
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