Re: 7.4 compatibility question

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > If they _must_ be done the way you suggest, why have we been able to
> > generate reliable release notes all these years?
>
> With all respect for your work and your enthusiasm for this approach, but
> personally, I have absolutely no confidence that the release notes are
> complete, accurate, or reliable. That is my deeply founded motivation for
> trying to institute changes. But I might be wrong and my fears might have
> no merit.

Sure, I fear missing things too. One of my goals is to make sure I
understand all the CVS commit messages that appear, so I know later I
can make a release note about it. Right now, we have a simple process
that you can move through step by step and make sure you get everything.
With a piecemeal approach, I think we are much more likely to miss
something, or have things get confused by merging a CVS log version and
a piecemeal version.

Looking at the past, I don't remember us missing anything --- I do
remember missing a few items that should have been listed in the
compatibilities section, but that is more of a problem of us not
reviewing the release notes thoroughly.

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