Re: Release cycle length

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Release cycle length
Date: 2003-11-20 20:38:05
Message-ID: 6564.1069360685@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> writes:
> <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> 1. Start platform testing on day 1 of beta. Last minute fixes for AIX or
>> UnixWare are really becoming old jokes.

> The only reason we had last minute stuff for UnixWare this time was the
> timing of PG's release and the UP3 release from SCO.

Yes. The late fixes for OS X also arose from the fact that Apple
released a new OS X version late in our beta cycle. I don't think it's
reasonable to complain that there was insufficient port testing done
earlier; the issues didn't come from that.

I do agree with the opinion that our beta cycles are getting too long,
and that it's not clear we are getting any additional reliability out
of the longer time period.

regards, tom lane

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