Re: PostgreSQL v7.4 Release Candidate 1

Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>:

>
> After a relatively short period for beta5, where nothing major arose, we
> have just packaged up our first Release Candidate for v7.4, with the hopes
> of producing a full release over the next 7 to 14 days.
>
> There is only one major change between Beta5 and RC1 that, so far, has
> been reported back ... RC1 will no longer work with TCL8.0.x, due to a
> change to pgtclCmds.c:
>
> Use Tcl ByteArray objects to avoid unwanted character set
> translation in libpgtcl's lo_read/lo_write commands. Also, deal
> correctly with failure return from lo_read(). ljb and Tom Lane.
>
> There are a few other changes that were made, affecting RI, Java and ECPG,
> among others, with a full list of changes available at:
>
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/sources/v7.4/ChangeLog.BETA5.to.RC1
>
> As we are in the home stretch of a full release, we encourage as many as
> possible to test and report any bugs they can find, whether as part of the
> build process, or running in "real life" scenarios.
>
> If we've heard no reports back before midnight on Thursday, we are looking
> at a full code freeze, with a Final Release to happen on the following
> Monday.
>
>
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Something told me to email you (or the list) over the weekend. I just got two
P4 boxes in and the first thing that went on there was beta5 so I could play
around with pgbench and some other things to get my feet wet... but there was a
little voice that was saying perhaps I should wait. :)

*happy 7.4 is almost released dance*

Hopefully I'll get some play time this week.

--
Keith C. Perry
Director of Networks & Applications
VCSN, Inc.
http://vcsn.com

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