Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-29 Thread Christopher Browne
After a long battle with technology, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Dunstan), an earthling, wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: I have shortened your paragraph to: Because Win32 is significantly different from the Unix platforms supported in previous releases, this port might have more bugs

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Bruce Momjian wrote: I have shortened your paragraph to: Because Win32 is significantly different from the Unix platforms supported in previous releases, this port might have more bugs than other supported platforms in this release. Please test it thoroughly before

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Richard Huxton
Andrew Dunstan wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: I have shortened your paragraph to: Because Win32 is significantly different from the Unix platforms supported in previous releases, this port might have more bugs than other supported platforms in this release. Please test it

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Dennis Bjorklund
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Richard Huxton wrote: lacks the extended testing? That's good. We don't need to focus on bugs. The word bug and postgresql should never occur in the same sentence... hmm... -- /Dennis Björklund ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
OK, new wording: Because Win32 is significantly different from the Unix platforms supported in previous releases, it has not been tested as extensively as other supported platforms in this release. Please test it thoroughly before using it in production.

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Rob Butler
That makes it sound as if you didn't do the same level of testing on *this* release, like it didn't go through all the tests or something. How about it does not have the extensive testing history that other supported platforms in this release have. Later Rob OK, new wording:

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Tom Lane
Rob Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That makes it sound as if you didn't do the same level of testing on *this* release, like it didn't go through all the tests or something. How about it does not have the extensive testing history that other supported platforms in this release have.

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote: Rob Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That makes it sound as if you didn't do the same level of testing on *this* release, like it didn't go through all the tests or something. How about it does not have the extensive testing history that other supported

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote: Rob Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That makes it sound as if you didn't do the same level of testing on *this* release, like it didn't go through all the tests or something. How about it does not have the extensive

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote: Rob Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That makes it sound as if you didn't do the same level of testing on *this* release, like it didn't go through all the tests or something. How about it does not have the extensive testing history

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:56, Bruce Momjian wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: Altho tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port does not have the benefit of the years of testing that has gone into the Unix platforms, and, as such, should be treated with the same level of caution

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Lamar Owen wrote: On Thursday 26 August 2004 12:56, Bruce Momjian wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: Altho tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port does not have the benefit of the years of testing that has gone into the Unix platforms, and, as such, should be treated

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
OK, current text suggestion is: Although tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port does not have the benefit of years of use in production environments that PostgreSQL has on Unix platforms and therefore should be treated with the same

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning

2004-08-26 Thread Gaetano Mendola
Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, current text suggestion is: Although tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port does not have the benefit of years of use in production environments that PostgreSQL has on Unix platforms and therefore should be treated