Since I published it as v6.4, I just created a symlink to the other name,
just in case maybe someone is relying on it staying the same (ie. 6.4 vs
v6.4)...
I advertised it as v6.4, and to avoid having a slew of questions stating
ppl can't find it... :(
On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> >> By the way, I thought the file name of the v6.4 would be
> >> "postgresql-6.4.tar.gz" not "postgresql.v6.4.tar.gz" since previous
> >> versions did not have a name such as "postgresql.v*.".
> >> Have you changed naming policy?
> >
> > I never think about it when I do it...I think I named it v6.3.2
> >last time too, but ended up renaming it for some reason :(
> >
> > Just curious, but is there a reason why it matters? If there is,
> >I"ll gladly change it back again...I'm quite easy to get along with as far
> >as taht is concered :)
>
> No, I just felt that the file name is unexpected.
>
> Here are file names since 6.1 (I don't remember about 6.0):
>
> ppostgresql-v6.1.tar.gz
> postgresql-v6.1.1.tar.gz
> postgresql-6.2.tar.gz
> postgresql-6.2.1.tar.gz
> postgresql-6.3.tar.gz
> postgresql-6.3.1.tar.gz
> postgresql-6.3.2.tar.gz
>
> So seems that "postgresql-v6*" had been used only for 6.1 series.
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
> t-ishii@sra.co.jp
>
Marc G. Fournier
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