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From: Nikolay Samokhvalov <nik@postgres.ai>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 07:20:34 -0700
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Subject: Rename Postgres 19 to Postgres 26 (year-based)?
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I was thinking:

in my mind, Postgres 9.6 was associated with 2016, and "6" at the end of
both the version and the year always helped me memorize the release year.

Memorizing is important when you deal with many databases running different
versions of Postgres =E2=80=93 this gives you perspective how old the versi=
on is.

And over last 10 years, the release cycle is pretty stable, one major
version per year. So if the upcoming version were 26 instead of 19, and
next year's were 27, it would be easier to understand how current this
version is.

Nik

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I was thinking:</div><div><br></div><div>in my mind, =
Postgres 9.6 was associated with 2016, and &quot;6&quot; at the end of both=
 the version and the year always helped me memorize the release year.</div>=
<div><br></div><div>Memorizing is important when you deal with many databas=
es running different versions of Postgres =E2=80=93 this gives you perspect=
ive how old the version is.</div><div><br></div><div>And over last 10 years=
, the release=C2=A0cycle is pretty stable, one major version per year. So i=
f the upcoming version were 26 instead of 19, and next year&#39;s were 27, =
it would be easier to understand how=C2=A0current=C2=A0this version is.</di=
v><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_s=
ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>Nik</div></div></div></div><=
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