Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyP4U-0002w1-KG for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:22:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyP4U-0002kg-4D for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:22:50 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyP4T-0002ka-L0 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:22:49 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyP4Q-00050T-T8 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:22:49 +0000 Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r6EGMhMa016496; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:22:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Tom Lane To: Magnus Hagander cc: Daniel Farina , pgsql-docs Subject: Re: A user report of misinterpretation of 'unsupported versions' In-reply-to: References: <1211.1373676247@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Magnus Hagander message dated "Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:04:57 +0200" Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:22:43 -0400 Message-ID: <16495.1373818963@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org Magnus Hagander writes: > So maybe a cross with Peters suggestoin whereby we somehow split it > into 3 groups - one that has supported versions, one that has > unsupported, and one that has development (which now would be devel > and 9.3). > Might that be even better? Seems a bit verbose to me, but then again, I'm not one of the people who is confused. In any case, if we do change the wording, I'd like to lobby again for using "obsolete" rather than "unsupported" for EOL versions. That seems less likely to be misinterpreted. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs