Hi, On 2021-05-12 16:18:16 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Even if we did change the rule going forward, you'd still need to > do it properly for existing releases, so I don't see that you're > going to save anything.
It turns out that the last time a major version didn't have a unique control file version was 9.5, I assume that's where David is coming from. That said, I don't think it's a good practice to use the control file version as an identifier for the major version. Who knows, it might be necessary to add an optional new format in a minor version at some point or such crazyness. And then there's the beta stuff you'd mentioned, etc. Greetings, Andres Freund
