Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It makes sense to store things separately when they have a semantic > difference. What we call "major" is the first two digits and dot. We > call "minor" to the third digit, and that's all. We don't have > "revisions". This is how it has ever been and we even document it as > such. Offering the first two digits separately would be a mistake > because it causes confusion over what's significant -- the first digit > by itself is not significant. While I agree with this position, ISTM that an easy compromise is available: put both formats into the data. regards, tom lane
