Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> I agree that search and replace isn't that hard, but I don't find the
> proposed construction awkward, and we have various uses of it in the
> docs already.  Actually the COPY one is not quite clear whether it
> means <= 7.3 or < 7.3.  I think we're just aiming for consistency here
> as much as anything.

Well, the problem is that "<= 8.4" is confusing as to whether it
includes 8.4.n.  You and I know that it does because we know we
don't make feature changes in minor releases, but this is not
necessarily obvious to everyone.  "< 8.5" is much less ambiguous.

                        regards, tom lane

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