On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 00:45, Tom Lane wrote: > For core code, the answer would be a big NYET. We do not do feature > additions in point releases, only bug fixes. While contrib code is more > under the author's control than the core committee's control, I'd still > say that you'd be making a big mistake to not follow that basic > guideline. People expect release x.y.z+1 to be the same as x.y.z except > for bug fixes. Introducing any new bugs into x.y.z+1 would cause a > large loss in your credibility. > > (speaking as one who's introduced new bugs into a point-release > recently, and is still embarrassed about it, even though the intent > was only to fix older bugs...)
Right, OK, that is basically the answer I was expecting, but thought I would ask. Matthew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly