Re: Postgres upgrade, security release, where?

2013/4/4 Mark Kirkwood <mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>:
> On 02/04/13 21:47, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
>>
>> On 02/04/13 21:34, Dave Page wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Mark Kirkwood
>>> <mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/04/13 13:55, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or perhaps include a date on said splashes, so we know when to panic :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> I've added the date to the splash. You can cease panicing now :-)
>>>
>>
>> ...wipes forehead...
>>
>
> Nice - but at the risk of seeming ungrateful, it would be good to know what
> timezone said date referred to...in case people were waiting on an important
> announcement or something... :-)

I'm guessing somewhere around the start of the business day US time on their
east coast? Which means a late night for those of us on the early side of
the International Date Line (I'm in Japan). I'll want to at least find out what
the nature of the problem is before deciding whether I need to burn some
late-nite oil...

Regards

Ian Barwick