Bruce Momjian wrote: > I have run a script to count the number of "<listitem>" items in the > major release notes of each major version of Postgres back to 7.4: > > 7.4 280 > 8.0 238 > 8.1 187 > 8.2 230 > 8.3 237 > 8.4 330 > 9.0 252 > 9.1 213 > 9.2 250 > 9.3 187 > 9.4 217 > 9.5 176 > > The 9.5 number will only change a little by 9.5 final.
I think doing this kind of "analysis" can lead to bad incentives; should we split two items that are unrelated but touch similarly-sounding parts of the code, should we merge items that are actually pretty much the same thing? It's either pointless, because people in-the-know actually realizes that it doesn't actually mean anything, or confusing because people think that some releases are bigger than others because they have "more features". Maybe there's a reasonable way to measure releases (my 8.0 is bigger than your 9.1!), but I don't think this is it. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
