Branch Date (Was: Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0...)

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Branch Date (Was: Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0...)
Date: 2002-08-21 18:19:22
Message-ID: 20020821151551.N36114-100000@mail1.hub.org
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On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On 21 Aug 2002, Rod Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > Agreed. If patches are applied to the 7.4 branch as fast as normal,
> > > then maybe 7.4 will only be 6 months out with well tested Windows, PIT,
> > > etc. code that gets applied this October.
> > >
> > > Whats the intended branchpoint? Beta with less than 5 patches? 3rd
> > > beta start period? Less than 100 lines changed between betas?
> >
> > Actually, I believe the agreement on branchpoint for this release was
> > release date ... with the normal having been a few weeks *after* release
> > in previous releases ...
>
> Actually, you proposed beta2 as the branch time for this release, and no
> one objected. I think we will have to be flexible and see how heavy the
> patching is during beta, but I think the latest would be on release
> date. Our releases are very solid now, so we have very little patching
> after release, and now that I and Tom are fulltime, we can handle the
> load of double-patching better.

Oh, even better :) I didn't think I had succeeded in getting it brought
*that* far forward :)

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