On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 10:32 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 15:39, Heikki Linnakangas > > <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > >> On 24/06/10 14:41, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >>> Our versioning policy > >>> (http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy) > >>> says that we EOL 7.4 and 8.0 "July 2010". Does that mean July 1st or > >>> July 31st? > >> > >> Probably means one more minor release, and that's it. > > > Yes, but I care about what actual date we mean. A month is a lot of time :-) > > There is no "actual date" as yet. Whenever the next set of minor > releases come out will be the last one for 7.4 and 8.0. We'll keep > back-patching those branches as appropriate up till then.
I think we should have both. People need an exact date so they can discuss in their organisations the consequences of not upgrading. Without a date, those discussions become more complicated because it sounds like our intentions are unclear and may be subject to change. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
