On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 09:21:27AM -0700, Jeremy Schneider wrote:
> It's not just roadmaps and release pages where we mix up these terms
> either, it's even in user-facing SQL and libpq routines: both
> PQserverVersion and current_setting('server_version_num') return the
> patch release version in the numeric patch field, rather than the
> numeric minor field (which is always 0).
>
> In my view, the best thing would be to move toward consistently using
> the word "patch" and moving away from the word "minor" for the
> PostgreSQL quarterly maintenance updates.
>
I think "minor" is a better term since it contrasts with "major". We
don't actually supply patches to upgrade minor versions.
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