Re: [HACKERS] Re: y2k

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: Joel_Neu/alydaar/US(at)alydaar(dot)com, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: y2k
Date: 1998-10-22 17:58:58
Message-ID: 199810221758.NAA01868@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > I am sorry to bother you with another compliance question (I am sure
> > you get many), but could you direct
> > me to were I can obtain a Y2K compliance statement regarding
> > Postgres95 v6.3.2 for a Sparc/Solaris platform?
> > I need to provide this document to my systems administration team
> > before I can install the dbms. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Hmm. I know what I _think_ about y2k on Postgres (no problem), but I'm
> not sure what your admin team is looking for here (besides an excuse to
> avoid work -- *slap* ooh, that wasn't nice was it?).
>
> I'm not a big fan of holding open-source software to a legally binding
> statement which could confer liability ("jeesh, you have the source
> dudes, fix it yourself! And contribute back the solution!" :)
>
> Anyway, if you have an example of what they are looking for, I'd be
> happy to look at it and write something up. I can imagine something
> which says:

I have added a mention to the FAQ on the web site, saying the we are Y2K
compliant.

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