On 05/16/2017 10:37 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> On 5/16/17 18:14, pgsql@postgresql.org wrote:
>>> Tag refs/tags/REL_10_BETA1 was created.
>> Was this change in naming pattern intentional?
> Yes, it was. Andrew Dunstan suggested[1] during the
> two-part-version-number discussion that we should start including a "_"
> after REL in tag and branch names for v10 and later, so that those names
> would sort correctly compared to the tag/branch names for earlier branches
> (at least when using C locale). I believe his main concern was some logic
> in the buildfarm, but it seems like a good idea in general.
>
> When we get to v100, we'll need some other hack to make it work ...
> but I plan to be safely dead by then.
>
Me too. Since posterity will be deprived of both of us let's note that
the same hack will work, we'll just need two underscores.
cheers
andrew
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