Dave Page wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> Can somebody please explain to me what beta means if you can commit new > >> stuff after it has been declared? > > > > We allow /contrib to be more lax about beta changes. > > Why? When people were complaining about not being able to use TSearch > because their ISPs wouldn't install contrib modules we couldn't > understand why they would think that way. If we are going to be less > stringent about /contrib, maybe they were right to cautious.
The idea is /contrib isn't installed by default and it isn't tied into the core code, and can be tested easier because it is stand-alone. We can rethink that logic but that has been the guide in the past. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
