From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: do we need to postpone beta4? |
Date: | 2010-07-27 19:34:45 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTinMW6kWpAN9mqTNmdZkhaUnd29RuDeoS05So2Dp@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I think we should consider postponing beta4. I count eleven
>> non-documentation, 9.0-specific bug fix on REL9_0_STABLE, but there
>> are currently five items on the open 9.0 issues list, at least one of
>> which appears to be a new bug in 9.0, and we just got a bug report on
>> pgsql-bugs from Valentine Gogichashvili complaining of what looks to
>> be a crasher in the redo path for heap_xlog_update(). It seems
>> unlikely at this point that we can have all of these issues fixed and
>> still have time for a full buildfarm cycle before the wrap. Does it
>> make sense to put out a beta with known bugs (presumably requiring
>> another beta) at this point, or should we push this off a bit?
>
> If we don't wrap a beta this week, the next possible window is several
> weeks away, because various people will be on vacation. So I think we
> should get the existing fixes out there, even if there are known bugs
> remaining. A beta is not an RC.
Well, that's pretty much saying we won't release before September.
Which is kind of a bummer, but I guess that's what happens when we get
into vacation season.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company
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