> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Andrew Martin wrote:
> > Geesh! Why the secrecy? Surely the more people who test it the
> better. Look
> > at the number of bugs that have turned up in the last 2 weeks since
> 6.3
> > was released - none of them *terribly* serious, but a fair number
> none
> > the less.
> >
> > Has Marc suddenly taken some sort of commercial attitude???? (Give
> the
> > customer a product - who cares if it hasn't been tested by as many
> > people as possible - we can charge for an upgrade :-)
>
> No, Marc's attitude hasn't changed at all...pgsql-hackers is the
> place where *development* issues take place, and it is the *only* list
> where discussing *any* pre-release software. If someone on
> pgsql-questions (a *GENERIC*, how to *USE* PostgreSQL list) is
> interested,
> they are more then welcome to join pgsql-hackers...
>
Hey, I resemble that remark. But seriously I don't understand the need,
in limiting the discussion of new features or patches to just this list.
There are HACKERS-type things that pass through the QUESTIONS list all
the time (usually posted to both). Of course I'll admit that I've never
tried to manage anything with this scope or deal with the standard
Postgres users (I know we can be annoying), so I do see the potential
for the abuse. (Start accent here --) But here in Texas we don't shoot
the horse until he's broken his leg (-- end accent).