| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk> |
| Subject: | Re: 8.4 release planning |
| Date: | 2009-01-27 20:31:09 |
| Message-ID: | 200901272231.09605.peter_e@gmx.net |
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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 16:48:21 Sam Mason wrote:
> > though at EAL1 they're quite far from the EAL4+ that DB2,
> > Oracle, etc get.
>
> As far as I understand, the different levels are about assuring a
> set of code/features to some assurance level. The Wikipedia page[1]
> gives a reasonable overview of the levels, but basically EAL1 says
> that a limited amount of effort (in practical terms, several person
> months/years of time for something like PG) was put in,
EAL1 pretty much means, a test suite exists and passes. So that was easy. :-)
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