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Subject: Re: Reports on obsolete Postgres versions
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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> On 14 Mar 2024, at 16:48, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> =
wrote:
> On 13.03.24 18:12, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>> I think "minor" is a better term since it contrasts with "major".  We
>> don't actually supply patches to upgrade minor versions.
>=20
> There are potentially different adjectives that could apply to =
"version" and "release".
>=20
> The version numbers can be called major and minor, because that just =
describes their ordering and significance.
>=20
> But I do agree that "minor release" isn't quite as clear, because one =
could also interpret that as "a release, but a bit smaller this time". =
(Also might not translate well, since "minor" and "small" could =
translate to the same thing.)

Some of the user confusion likely stems from us using the same =
nomenclature as
SemVer, but for different things.  SemVer has become very widely =
adopted, to
the point where it's almost assumed by many, so maybe we need to =
explicitly
state that we *don't* use SemVer (we don't mention that anywhere in the =
docs or
on the website).

> One could instead, for example, describe those as "maintenance =
releases":

That might indeed be a better name for what we provide.

--
Daniel Gustafsson