Dev Cycles (Was: Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0x...)

On 21 Aug 2002, Robert Treat wrote:

> Let me see if I have my "release dates" straight:
>
> A 7.2.2 release in the next week or so that fixes the bugtraq buffer
> overflows and timestamp issues
>
> A 7.3 beta on Sept 1st that has all the new schema jazz and also the
> fixes for opaque (as well as other stuff from todo) during which time we
> get more security auditing
>
> Hopefully an official 7.3 release on October 1.
>
> 7.4/8.0 development will start and native windows and PITR patches can
> start being submitted for that?

Correct ... and, if all goes well, patches for the v7.4 branch should be
acceptable sometime mid-Sept ...

>
> Robert Treat
>
> On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 14:06, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > OK, beta starts on time, September 1. I agree we should keep the
> > agreed-upon date, and that the propsed features aren't ready, but I had
> > to let the discussion happen so people felt their opinions where being
> > heard.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > Justin Clift wrote:
> > > > > Reckon it's worth asking him, to find out if he'd be interested in this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I wouldn't do it yet until we know if we are going to delay.
> > >
> > > Any security audit of the code should *not* be done while the code is in
> > > flux, and if we delay, the code would be in flux since the delay would be
> > > to throw in a load of other code that would invalidate the audit results
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > Oh, so it is Jan's group. Great news; wish someone would have told me
> > > > sooner. I removed the Win32 off the open items list because, with no
> > > > info and no one commenting on the item, it seemed dead for 7.3.
> > >
> > > And it should be ... we can put the Win32 patches up on the ftp site for
> > > ppl to play with if they want, but to include it at this late a date would
> > > be irresponsible ...
> > >
> > > > Well, PITR is a much more desired feature even than Win32; the big
> > > > question is how long PITR will actually take, seeing as we haven't see
> > > > any patches yet.
> > > >
> > > > However, we haven't seen any Win32 patches yet either, so they are in
> > > > the same boat as far as I am concerned.
> > > >
> > > > We have an open items list that is pretty much ready for 7.3. The only
> > > > open items of significance left is whether schema/DROP COLUMN stuff is
> > > > ready in all the interfaces/apps.
> > >
> > > We set a timeline for beta ... this time, let's stick to it ... its not
> > > like we didn't advertise when we were going into beta ... hell, even when
> > > the patches are presented for PITR support, who knows whether they will be
> > > accepted, or what kinda bugs they are going to throw into the mix, or ...
> > >
> > >
> >
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