Re: The case for version number inflation - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: The case for version number inflation
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Msg-id 512EA183.4030703@commandprompt.com
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In response to The case for version number inflation  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: The case for version number inflation
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On 02/27/2013 02:55 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Further, many projects which used to use "regular" version numbers --
> such as Firefox -- have now embraced inflationary version numbers.  So,
> maybe it's time to just use the first digit.  The next version would be
> 10.0, and the version in 2014 would be 11.0.
>
> As a counterargument, few other open source databases use inflationary
> version numbers, even the NoSQL ones.

Why not....

13

Where it is the 2013 release.... We might end up jumping releases (maybe
there isn't a 14 release) but then it keeps it simple.

JD

>
> Discuss.
>


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