Re: Postgres upgrade, security release, where?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tory M Blue <tmblue(at)gmail(dot)com>, postgres performance list <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres upgrade, security release, where?
Date: 2013-04-02 00:55:26
Message-ID: 20130402005526.GA1491@momjian.us
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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 09:40:07AM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
> > Due to the security nature of the release, the source and binaries will
> > only be publicly available on April 4 --- there are no pre-release
> > versions available.
>
> The PostgreSQL homepage has a big announcement saying
> "PostgreSQL minor versions released!", including a mention of a
> "security issue";
> unfortunately it's not obvious that this is for the prior 9.2.3 release and as
> the announcement of the upcoming security release
> ( http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1454/ ) does not mention the
> new release number, methinks there is plenty of room for confusion :(
>
> It might be an idea to update the "splash box" with details of the upcoming
> release.

I agree updating the "spash box" would make sense.

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