Re: to_date_valid()

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: to_date_valid()
Date: 2016-07-26 23:38:39
Message-ID: 20160726233839.GD27321@momjian.us
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On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 07:41:15AM -0400, David G. Johnston wrote:
> ​Surely these beta testers would test against the RC before putting it into
> production so I don't see an issue.  I tend to agree generally but the point of
> beta is to find bugs and solicit suggestions for improvement to features. 
> Having found a bug it doesn't make sense to avoid patching our current unstable
> release.  This applies moreso because of our annual release cycle.  On the
> topic of whether this becomes an exception to the rule I'm largely ambivalent.

We don't assume users re-test everything when the RC1 arrives --- we
assume the testing is cumulative from when we started beta.

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