Re: [HACKERS] v6.4.3 ?

On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 10:06:03PM +0100, Jan Wieck wrote:
>     I  recall  some  replies  to recent problem reports on v6.3.2
>     where we told "upgrade to  v6.4.2"  (shame  on  us).   That's
>     easier  said  than  done,  if  someone  has  big applications
>     breaking on new features.

Agreed.

>     I know that it isn't true,  but  these  "upgrade  to  another
>     release"  answers  instead of "install bugfix release vX.X.X"
>     look  like  we  don't  care  about  anyone  who  really  uses
>     Postgres,  not  only  playing  around  with  it just for fun.
>     That's the sound of M$.

And once more I agree.

>     Patching against v6.4 takes time. It must  be  done  manually
>     nearly all the time since patches don't apply clean. But it's
>     the only way to give Postgres a real good reputation.

I like this approach. However, when d we stop maintaining the old version? I
think there are still people using 6.3 who cannot simply upgrade to 6.4. So
do we create 6.3.3 too? Or are there no open bug reports on 6.3 anymore?

Michael
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