I have bumped minor versions for 7.3 and 7.4. If we decide to do something different later, fine, but this way we will not forget to have some update for 7.3.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Greg Copeland wrote: > > >> Is it possible to automate this as part of the build > > >> process so that they get grabbed from some version information during > > >> the build? > > > > > Version bump is one of the few things we do at the start of > > > development. > > > > The real problem here is that major version bump (signifying an > > incompatible API change) is something that must NOT be done in an > > automated, mindless-checklist way. We should have executed the bump > > when we agreed to change PQnotifies' API incompatibly. We screwed up > > on that. I think it's correct to fix the error for 7.3.1 --- but we > > cannot improve on the situation by making some procedural change to > > "always do X at point Y in the release cycle". Sometimes there's > > no substitute for actual thinking :-( > > Oh, a major bump. I thought we did major bumps only in cases where a > recompile will _not_ fix the problem, like changing a parameter value to > a function or removing a function or something like that. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
