Re: 9.3 Beta 1 Coming Soon!

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)it>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9.3 Beta 1 Coming Soon!
Date: 2013-04-20 10:10:37
Message-ID: 20130420101037.GA17567@alap2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-04-20 08:32:58 +0200, Gabriele Bartolini wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Il 19/04/13 18:41, Josh Berkus ha scritto:
> >You know, I'm not really seeing a "theme" here. 9.3 seems like more of
> >a "cleanup" version ...
> >
> What I suggest this time is to avoid mentioning all the new features in the
> beta announcement, reducing the impact of the 9.3.0 official release. We
> faced this problem last year too, when we had to make the announcement and
> ... everything had already been said in the beta1 release.

I think this is dangerous as it reduces the amount of testing those new
features get even further. We *need* the testing. And for that the
testers need to know about the new features. Otherwise we can just skip
beta.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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