Re: PGSQL_VERSION_DEFAULT

[Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost>]

>>> 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.

I took liberty of making 16 the default one.

Kind regards,
Adam