Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.20.9912110156400.1875-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release
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On 1999-12-10, Bruce Momjian mentioned:

> Maybe we just call it 7.0, and have some more incompatibility stuff in
> 7.1.  Seems waiting for some .0 release is not going to work, unless we
> scrap the Feb 1 beta and just wait for all new stuff to be finished, but
> that seems worse than having a 7.1 that contains some incompatiblities.

What kind of incompatibilities are we talking about here really? Is there
anything that can't be resolved via
* big warning signs
* pg_dump or (to be created) friends
* supporting the old stuff for a while as well
* automated conversion of the things using the old stuff
* informative documents outlining the reason of the change and how to
cope with it?

Things change all the time, that's a fact of life.

If foreign keys get done this is definitely the greatest thing in the
world for the end user, so 7.0 is a good name. 

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Peter Eisentraut                  Sernanders väg 10:115
peter_e@gmx.net                   75262 Uppsala
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