Re: Do we want a CVS branch now?

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Marc, I know we said branch after beta2 but I think we need another week
> or two before we can start using that branch effectively. Even if we
> started using it, like adding PITR, the code would drift so much that
> the double-patching would start to fail when applied.

Another problem is that with all the open issues, we still really need
to focus on 7.3, not on 7.4 development. I don't want to see massive
patches like PITR or the Windows-port stuff coming in just yet, because
we don't have the bandwidth to review them now.

> Can the branch be undone, or can we not use it and just apply a
> mega-patch later to make it match HEAD?

AFAIK there's no convenient way to undo the branch creation.

I concur with treating HEAD as the active 7.3 area for the next week or
so and then doing a bulk merge into the REL7_3 branch, so as to avoid
the labor of individual double-patches.

Marc previously proposed releasing beta3 in about a week --- will that
be a good time to open HEAD for 7.4 work, or will we need to delay still
longer? (I'm not sure yet, myself.)

regards, tom lane