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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com></I><BR>To: <I>Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com></I><BR>CC: <I>List <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [JDBC] release for 8.2</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:43:17 -0500</I><BR>><BR>>On 28-Nov-06, at 10:17 PM, Kris Jurka wrote:<BR>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Dave Cramer wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>>Given the number of patches recently added, and the impending <BR>>>>release of the server, what do we want to do about releasing an <BR>>>>8.2 version?<BR>>>><BR>>><BR>>>Outstanding patches I'm aware of:<BR>>><BR>>>1) standard strings - Needed for correct operation, so needs to go <BR>>>into 8.2.<BR>>><BR>>>2)
binary transfer - still needs some more work and testing. Will <BR>>>wait for 8.3.<BR>>><BR>>>3) XA end then join for weblogic - should go into 8.2<BR>>><BR>>>4) XA autocommit - should go into 8.2<BR>>><BR>>>5) FAQ patch for XA - should probably be merged into the main docs <BR>>>and have a pointer from the FAQ to the docs.<BR>>><BR>>>6) Build datasource code with JDK1.6 - will go into 8.2<BR>>><BR>>>7) NPE in BlobInputStream - should go into 8.2.<BR>>><BR>>>8) There are several older patches that no one has reviewed (named <BR>>>parameter support for CallableStatement, client ssl certs, ...). <BR>>>With a week or so to go, these aren't going into 8.2.<BR>>><BR>>>If there are other patches please add let me know about
them...<BR>>><BR>>>If you or Oliver could review the XA patches that would be greatly <BR>>>appreciated. I really haven't had the time to keep up with all of <BR>>>intricacies of JTA.<BR>><BR>>I can review others, however the subtleties of JTA are lost on me as <BR>> well. I can review it for general java code but as far as how it <BR>>interacts with XA I'm afraid I'm at a loss.<BR>>><BR>>>As to doing something like releasing a beta driver? I'm not sure <BR>>>when we'd do that. I could build a new dev release now, but then <BR>>>the above patches wouldn't be included. With the release scheduled <BR>>> for next week and packagers needing to get the jar files before <BR>>>that we need to
put out a final this weekend I'd guess. The lack <BR>>>of testing is disconcerting, but if we delay what will packagers <BR>>>ship? 8.1? If so how could they migrate to 8.2?<BR>><BR>>As Tom suggested we should put something out, regardless of testing. <BR>> Based on history we will see an 8.2.1 come out rather quickly.<BR>><BR>>Dave<BR>>><BR>>>Kris Jurka<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>---------------------------(end of <BR>>>broadcast)---------------------------<BR>>>TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating
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