| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Skytools committed without hackers discussion/review |
| Date: | 2007-10-09 20:41:32 |
| Message-ID: | 200710092041.l99KfW704444@momjian.us |
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Dave Page wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Can somebody please explain to me what beta means if you can commit new
> >> stuff after it has been declared?
> >
> > We allow /contrib to be more lax about beta changes.
>
> Why? When people were complaining about not being able to use TSearch
> because their ISPs wouldn't install contrib modules we couldn't
> understand why they would think that way. If we are going to be less
> stringent about /contrib, maybe they were right to cautious.
The idea is /contrib isn't installed by default and it isn't tied into
the core code, and can be tested easier because it is stand-alone. We
can rethink that logic but that has been the guide in the past.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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