Re: Release notes introductory text

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:26:43 -0500
"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:

> > This release represents a major leap forward by adding significant
> > new functionality and performance enhancements to
> > <productname>PostgreSQL</>. Many complex ideas that normally take
> > years to implement were added rapidly to this release by our
> > development team.
>
> You do realize that this will make many managers very reluctant to
> adopt it before it has settled in for many months, right?

With respect to you Kevin, your managers should wait. You don't
install .0 releases of "any" software into production without "months"
of testing. At which point, normally a .1 release has come out anyway.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> If the goal is to provide fair warning of a high-than-usual-risk
> release, you've got it covered.
>
> -Kevin
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