Re: 8.4 release planning

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Subject: Re: 8.4 release planning
Date: 2009-01-27 13:13:27
Message-ID: 200901271513.29681.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 00:42:32 Ron Mayer wrote:
> If it were just as easy for us to pull from a
> "all 'pending-patches' for-commit-fest-nov that pass regression tests"
> branch, I'd happily pull from that instead.

Considering that most patches don't come with regression tests, this would
accomplish very little. And even those patches that did come with regression
tests (e.g., updatable views) need a design analysis much more than running
an automated test suite. Ultimately, it does come down to human work.

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