Ron Mayer wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Craig Ringer wrote:
> >> with a version of PostgreSQL with the same minor version as the one
> >> you were using on the server, eg if you were using 8.1.4 you should
> >> get the latest PostgreSQL in the 8.1 series (NOT 8.2 or 8.3) to try
> >> to read the data.
> >
> > What you mean here is of course that you should be using the same
> > *major* version, but the latest available *minor* version.
> >
> > Other than that, it's correct - and the version numbers in the example
> > is correct :-)
>
> If we want to stop people from being confused about this terminology,
> we would need to make our definitions of these terms more visible
> on the main web site.
>
> Many places talk about the "latest release" - but unfortunately
> with differing definitions. For example, "latest release" is
> defined as 8.3 in the english language FAQ;
FAQ updated.
> defined as 8.3.1 and 8.2.7, etc on the english language home page;
> defined as 8.2.3 on the traditional chinese FAQ, etc.
>
> Some places (the english FAQ) talk about "major releases" happening every
> year and "minor releases" happening every few months, but without defining
> what that means to the numbering.
>
> Perhaps there should be a FAQ that says that our numbering system
> defines the digits as "marketing"."major"."minor".
That is in our documentation.
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