Ron Mayer wrote: > Magnus Hagander wrote: > > Craig Ringer wrote: > >> with a version of PostgreSQL with the same minor version as the one > >> you were using on the server, eg if you were using 8.1.4 you should > >> get the latest PostgreSQL in the 8.1 series (NOT 8.2 or 8.3) to try > >> to read the data. > > > > What you mean here is of course that you should be using the same > > *major* version, but the latest available *minor* version. > > > > Other than that, it's correct - and the version numbers in the example > > is correct :-) > > If we want to stop people from being confused about this terminology, > we would need to make our definitions of these terms more visible > on the main web site. > > Many places talk about the "latest release" - but unfortunately > with differing definitions. For example, "latest release" is > defined as 8.3 in the english language FAQ; FAQ updated. > defined as 8.3.1 and 8.2.7, etc on the english language home page; > defined as 8.2.3 on the traditional chinese FAQ, etc. > > Some places (the english FAQ) talk about "major releases" happening every > year and "minor releases" happening every few months, but without defining > what that means to the numbering. > > Perhaps there should be a FAQ that says that our numbering system > defines the digits as "marketing"."major"."minor". That is in our documentation. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
