On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 14:11 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > > I think we should consider postponing beta4. I count eleven > > non-documentation, 9.0-specific bug fix on REL9_0_STABLE, but there > > are currently five items on the open 9.0 issues list, at least one of > > which appears to be a new bug in 9.0, and we just got a bug report on > > pgsql-bugs from Valentine Gogichashvili complaining of what looks to > > be a crasher in the redo path for heap_xlog_update(). It seems > > unlikely at this point that we can have all of these issues fixed and > > still have time for a full buildfarm cycle before the wrap. Does it > > make sense to put out a beta with known bugs (presumably requiring > > another beta) at this point, or should we push this off a bit? > > If we don't wrap a beta this week, the next possible window is several > weeks away, because various people will be on vacation. So I think we > should get the existing fixes out there, even if there are known bugs > remaining. A beta is not an RC.
If we document the bugs, then +1, if we don't -1. E.g; we let people know where we KNOW there are warts. JD > > regards, tom lane > -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
