On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 09:21:27AM -0700, Jeremy Schneider wrote: > It's not just roadmaps and release pages where we mix up these terms > either, it's even in user-facing SQL and libpq routines: both > PQserverVersion and current_setting('server_version_num') return the > patch release version in the numeric patch field, rather than the > numeric minor field (which is always 0). > > In my view, the best thing would be to move toward consistently using > the word "patch" and moving away from the word "minor" for the > PostgreSQL quarterly maintenance updates. >
I think "minor" is a better term since it contrasts with "major". We don't actually supply patches to upgrade minor versions. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.