Re: Version Numbering -- The great debate

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> What was the rule for increasing the first number after just before
> 7.0?

That was just to avoid having to release a 6.6.6, which Jan had clearly 
been working towards. :-)

Seriously, major version jumps correspond to epoch-like changes, like 
when the code moved out of Berkeley, or when we switched from bug 
fixing to adding features.  Maybe the next epoch would be after a 
hostile takeover of firebird.  But right now I see no epoch change, 
just a potential for confusing users.  Consistency and humbleness can 
be a virtue.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/