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From: Markus Wanner <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Berg <[email protected]>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
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Cc: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
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Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: [pgsql-www] We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org until we have a PPA
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:10:58 +0100
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On 02/19/2013 01:03 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Adding to this complexity, I just realized that the Ubuntu code names
> are different from the Debian code names, even though Ubuntu is based on
> Debian.

Guys, this code name bashing is starting to get ridiculous. Some people
are better at remembering names, others are better at memorizing
numbers. So where's the big deal?

I myself firmly belong to the first group, having trouble remembering my
own phone number. That's why I barely have an idea of what Debian or
Ubuntu version *number* I'm using. But I know for certain that I'm
running squeeze (or wheezy, on more experimental machines or newish
hardware) and precise (and yes, I know it's an LTS version).

Of course, numbers have more intrinsic information. But what use is
knowing that 4 follows 3 if you don't remember whether you are on
version 3 or 4? (Not to mention numbering gaps, major vs. minor version
number increments, and similar marketing non-sense.)

For mates in my group: here's the command (of about equal complexity) to
find out your "release number":

  $lsb_release --short --release
  7.0

Regards

Markus Wanner

P.S.: did the Postgres project ever considering using proper release
names? That would avoid the recurring confusion between 9.4 and 10.0,
for example.  *runs* *hides* *covers* *prays*


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