Re: Two weeks to feature freeze

Dann Corbit wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Earl [mailto:jason(dot)earl(at)simplot(dot)com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:45 AM
> > To: The Hermit Hacker
> > Cc: Robert Treat; Tom Lane; Christopher Kings-Lynne; Bruce
> > Momjian; PostgreSQL-development
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Two weeks to feature freeze

[...]

> > Why couldn't you just release the win32 version of 7.4 when
> > it was finished. If it takes an extra month then that just
> > gives you guys the chance to circulate *two* press releases.
> > The Native Win32 port is likely to make a big enough splash
> > all by itself.
>
> A formal release needs a big testing effort. Two separate releases will
> double the work of validation.

That's true in the general case.

But in this case we're talking about releasing for a completely new
platform. That's much different than doing another release for the same
platform set.

The testing that needs to be done for the Win32 release has to be done
separately *anyway*, so there's nothing lost by releasing the Win32 port
separately.

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Kevin Brown kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com