Re: [HACKERS] Mega-commits to "stable" version

From: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)trust(dot)ee>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Mega-commits to "stable" version
Date: 1999-08-03 18:39:59
Message-ID: 37A7377F.806A89A2@trust.ee
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> > Is anyone else disturbed by wholesale changes to what is supposed to
> > be a stable release?
> > I am sure Marc will say these are low-risk changes --- but they're not
> > *no* risk, because there is always a chance of propagating part of
> > some other change that you didn't want, or failing to propagate all
> > of the change you did want. And how much testing will the modified
> > 6.5.x code get before it gets published as a stable version?

Maybe we should do a 6.5.2beta before the real 6.5.2 so that people are
warned and know what to expect?

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Hannu

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