Re: Stamping of 8.4

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Stephen Frost wrote:
> >> We should bump the minor version when we actually add something new to
> >> the library (which is probably just about every time we do a major
> >> version, but still).
> 
> > The problem is the risk of forgetting during development.  When we break
> > an API it is obvious, but improvements are so regular you can't remember
> > when you first do it for each interface.
> 
> We could possibly do the bump at the end of the cycle (eg, just before
> beta) if no major bump has happened meanwhile.  However, this would
> complicate life for developers.  I believe one of the arguments for the
> immediate minor bump was so that you could tell a development library
> from the previous release version, and (if your platform lets you) even
> install them in parallel.

Yes, a late bump would invalidate a lot of installations running CVS in
testing.

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