Re: R?f. : Re: R?f. : Re: [PORTS]

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> frederic.germaneau@bull.net wrote:
> > I choose this naming to avoid corrupting any already installed older
> > version;
> > (i.e. my old postgresql 7 rpm create also a postgre7 user, and the 2
> > versions work at the same time on the same server (I just need to
> > change one postmaster port))
>
> If you distinguish between PostgreSQL 7 and PostgreSQL 8 then you have a
> grave misunderstanding about the PostgreSQL version numbering.  The
> major version numbers go ... 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, ...  The change
> from 7 to 8 is purely arbitrary.  So to make sense you should create
> users postgre72, postgre73, postgre74, postgre80, etc., otherwise it's
> just random.

I wonder if we should define major/minor version numbers somewhere, like
in the FAQ?

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