Re: Initial release notes created for 9.6

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Initial release notes created for 9.6
Date: 2016-05-06 01:36:05
Message-ID: 7404.1462498565@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Oh, now I see why it's not here: it was back-patched into 9.5, so it
>> will not be a new feature in 9.6.0. It will be listed in the 9.5.3
>> release notes, instead.

> I was really hoping that the OpenSSL bugfix patch would receive the
> same treatment (commit 7c7d4fddab82dc756d8caa67b1b31fcdde355aab).
> Should I take its inclusion here in the 9.6 release notes as
> portending a backpatch never happening?

No, it just means that hasn't happened yet.

> There seems to be a lack of urgency about it,

Perhaps, or maybe it's just a lack of cycles. I certainly haven't
had any time to think about it.

regards, tom lane

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