Re: Bison 1.50 was released

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>
Cc: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hacker <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bison 1.50 was released
Date: 2002-10-10 14:28:40
Message-ID: 200210101428.g9AESeN01541@candle.pha.pa.us
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Greg Copeland wrote:
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> Can we please hold off until bison 1.50 becomes a defacto? It will be a
> matter of weeks before distros offer this as an upgrade package let
> alone months before distros offer this as a standard. Seems like these
> changes are ideal for a release after next (7.5/7.6) as enough time will
> of gone by for it to be much more commonly found. By not jumping on the
> wagon now, it will also allow more time for bugs in the wild to be
> caught and fixed before we force it onto the masses.

No, we can't wait. A fully function ecpg has exceeded the bison tables
sizes, so we need a new version now. Rememeber we ship pre-bison'ed
files in the tarball, so only developers will need a new bison.

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