Re: 10.0 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: 10.0
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Msg-id CA+TgmoYmxP5=t=g_5oqWBqdgsWRwNQVcjeDv+5hWpEOV_bv2bQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: 10.0  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure wrote:
>
>> Ugliness is a highly subjective qualifier.  OTOH, Backwards
>> compatibility, at least when the checks are properly written :-), is a
>> very objective benefit.
>
> This is the argument that made us kept the PostgreSQL name instead of
> renaming back to Postgres.  I'm not a fan of it.

I, on the other hand, am a big fan of backward-compatibility.

-- 
Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



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