Re: Wild idea: 9.0?

[Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith(at)pooteeweet(dot)org>]

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Hackers,
>
> I was thinking about the upcoming release on my 32-hour epic airplane ordeal, 
> and realizing that it changes PostgreSQL in a lot of ways.  Between major 
> improvements to performance, major changes to the file format, and changes to 
> implicit conversions breaking backwards compatibility, our new ability to 
> more-or-less stick to deadlines ...
>
> ... should this be 9.0 instead of 8.3?  


Just wondering: does this have any implications about a possible end of 
life of the 7.x branch?

regards,
Lukas