alvherre

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   by alvherre 4y ago

   Before version 10, the versioning scheme was different, and the first number was increased about once every five years: for example, 9.6 and 9.5 were consecutive yearly major releases. Version 7.0 was released around year 2000.
2. 2.▲
   by alvherre 4y ago

   Postgres has a strict schedule of quarterly bugfix releases, and only deviates from that when serious bugs occur (very rare). So, no.
3. 3.▲
   by alvherre 5y ago

   Yes, MERGE is specified by the SQL standard. Our implementation (Postgres) aims to conform to the standard, so it should roughly match what both Oracle and SQL Server offer. (Microsoft seems to have added a BY TARGET/BY SOURCE specific
4. 4.▲
   by alvherre 16y ago

   We strive to have exactly one feature or bugfix per commit. Squashing commits to a single one does not mean we mix stuff randomly.