Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.
I would suggest that we don't keep the "latest version" information in
the FAQ at all, but instead just have a pointer to the homepage which
will always be updated. So we don't risk missing the update again.
//Magnus