Re: PGSQL_VERSION_DEFAULT

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 10:34:26AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> So I would say
>> 
>>   Let's change the default to 16, soonish, assuming no negative info
>>   about 16, rationale for stepping through every version, or a case that
>>   17 is totally safe.
>> 
>> Do you think  we should move to 15 instead of 16?
>
> No opinion. I tend to flip the mysql default when a new LTS mariadb
> has passed a quarter or two without problems. Tradition and superstition
> say that even numbers are more stable.

Your "quarter or two" approach sounds very sensible to me.  (I lean to
definitely waiting for .2, generally .3).  I would say that applying it
to pgsql results in:

  We are very overdue for moving to 15, first released in 2022-10

  It's solidly time to move to 16, first released in 2023-09.

  It is too soon to move to 17, first released in 2024-09.


That said, if the consesnus is 15 now, I don't object.

Let's see if anybody else has opintions about dont/15/16/17.