Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 items

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Galbavy <Peter(dot)Galbavy(at)knowledge(dot)com>
Cc: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru>, ZEUGSWETTER Andreas IZ5 <Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, "'kar(at)webline(dot)dk'" <kar(at)webline(dot)dk>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 items
Date: 1999-06-08 19:17:50
Message-ID: 199906081917.PAA01957@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 07:32:41AM -0700, Don Baccus wrote:
> > I don't mean to this group, or any of the postgres groups,
> > I mean to the world at large, in which Postgres has a very
> > negative image for web work. Consistent dumps, killing
> > of one very bad memory leak (and a bunch of not-so-bad
> > ones), and moving to mvcc from table-locking - these are
> > three huge improvements for people building web sites.
> > Folks outside the normal Postgres community deserve to
> > know this.
>
> I have to agree with Don, and maybe try to offer an additional couple
> of notes. I think, and this is only me - not supported by any facts,
> that it would be useful having a highlights section in the release
> notes, since the efforts of the developers (of which I hope to be able
> to contribute too soon) make sure that each release results in *many*
> updates. I would propose classifying these updates into a number of
> categories, that would help users identify is (a) it is worth them
> updgrading and (maybe more important) (b) if it is worth them trying
> to use PGSQL now that "XYZ" has been fixed/implemented.
>
> A quick suggested list:
>
> 1. New features
> 2. Major Performance Updates
> 3. Major Bug Fixes
> 4. Security / Reliability Changes
> 5. Other
>
> Listing updates simple in reverse time order is too confusing.
>

Already done, on web site, and release notes. Sections are Bugs,
Enhancements, Source code changes.

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