My 0.02 is it should be done at a major point release such as 9.0.
Perhaps with the emphasis on maturity and speed improvements, 8.3 can
be 9. Refined name, a more mature product... Sounds like a good
marketing move to me.
Just musing,
Gavin
On 8/27/07, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> > It is still the case that changing the name would involve a lot of tedious
> > effort and hunting down references. Also, we don't have nearly as good
> > control of the various postgres.* domains as we do of postgresql.*.
> > (notably, postgres.net belongs to some unknown individual who refuses to
> > sell it to me).
>
> Update on this; Aaron got in touch with me and I think we can work something
> out *if* we decide to change the name.
>
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> Josh Berkus
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