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I heard someone say the other day that they would skip this version and wait for the next one. Just because of the version number. I found it somewhat sad and v
by merqurio 6y ago
I heard someone say the other day that they would skip this version and wait for the next one. Just because of the version number. I found it somewhat sad and very poor judgment, but after thinking about it on my way to home, I think a lot of people will do the same.
It would be interesting to keep an eye on the number of downloads from containers and packaging systems to see if this is the case.
- throwaway8941 6y agoHopefully Chinese (and other non-Western) users will help to counterbalance this lunacy, if it does happen. Also, I see a lot of container build files not being pinned to a specific version, which automatically implies "latest".
- mrmonkeyman 6y agoThey have a problem with 4 though
- seized 6y agoMany of those users have equal or greater lunancy just with different numbers... Including buying or not buying specific houses due to the address or physical layout etc etc.
- Yetanfou 6y agoI don't know why mrmonkeyman's reply on Chinese having something against the number 4 was downvoted into oblivion although I suspect it was because of the all-to-common knee-jerk reaction against 'racism'. What he said is true, 4 is the most unlucky number in Chinese because it sounds like the word for 'death'. Buildings in China often don’t have a 4th floor, some of them skip all floor numbers which contain '4' so they don't have a 14th or 24th etc. floor. The number 13 has also gained an ominous reputation in China so it is unlikely that help will arrive from China to combat any 13-related superstitions. PostgreSQL v8, v8.8 or (in the far far future) v88 will be popular though since 8 is the most lucky number - it sounds like the word for 'wealth'.
- joshxyz 6y agoFirefighters must be having a hard time locating people on burning buildings there, lol
- jeltz 6y agoAs far as I know it was never seriously considered. There was one post suggesting this on the mailing list but it was met with opposition.
- jlj 6y agoI've never not installed software because of the version number. But this made me realize that Oracle skipped from database version 12 to 18, and eBS from 12 to fusion. I would say this is more of a reflection of an organization's motivations. Postgres doesn't have the same marketing and commercial motivations as Oracle.
- gonzus 6y agoI will take the opportunity, then, to particularly make the point and install this lovely version 13.