Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-08 Thread Sander Steffann
Hi! > I've always thought of our release numbering as having "themes". The 6.x > series took Postgres from interesting but buggy to a solid system, with > a clear path to additional capabilities. The 7.x series fleshes out SQL > standards compliance and rationalizes the O-R features, as well as a

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-06 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On July 5, 2002 10:27 am, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Actually, the "big" change is such that will, at least as far as I'm > > > understanding it, break pretty much every front-end applicaiton ... > > > > On

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > > > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Actually, the "big" change is such that will, at least as far as I'm > > > understanding it, break pretty much every front-end applicaiton ... > > > > Only those that inspect s

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Thomas Lockhart wrote: > > Actually, the "big" change is such that will, at least as far as I'm > > understanding it, break pretty much every front-end applicaiton ... which, > > I'm guessing, is pretty major, no? :) > > I've always thought of our release numbering as having "

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-05 Thread Thomas Lockhart
> Actually, the "big" change is such that will, at least as far as I'm > understanding it, break pretty much every front-end applicaiton ... which, > I'm guessing, is pretty major, no? :) I've always thought of our release numbering as having "themes". The 6.x series took Postgres from interestin

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am being interviewed by OReilly )

2002-07-05 Thread Tom Lane
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, the "big" change is such that will, at least as far as I'm > understanding it, break pretty much every front-end applicaiton ... Only those that inspect system catalogs --- I'm not sure what percentage that is, but surely it's not "pretty

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Actually, the "big" change is such that will, at least as far as I'm > > understanding it, break pretty much every front-end applicaiton ... > > Only those that inspect system catalogs --- I'm not sure what p

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Curt Sampson wrote: > > While there are big changes between 7.2 and the next release, they > aren't really any bigger than others during the 7.x series. I don't > really feel that the next release is worth an 8.0 rather than a 7.3. But > this is just an opinion; it's not somet

Re: [HACKERS] Should next release by 8.0 (Was: Re: [GENERAL] I am

2002-07-05 Thread Alessio Bragadini
In my book, schema support is a big thing, leading to rethink a lot of database organization and such. PostgreSQL 8 would stress this importance. -- Alessio F. Bragadini[EMAIL PROTECTED] APL Financial Services http://village.albourne.com Nicosia, Cyprus phone