Re: Skytools committed without hackers discussion/review

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Skytools committed without hackers discussion/review
Date: 2007-10-09 20:36:28
Message-ID: 470BE64C.9010905@kaltenbrunner.cc
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't see how timing has anything to do with this. You could have
>>>>> added it between beta1 and beta2 after sufficient hackers discussion.
>>>>>
>>>> Uh, it *was* after beta1.
>>>>
>>> Oh, so it didn't hold up beta1 --- that's good.
>>>
>>>
>> No it's not.
>>
>> Can somebody please explain to me what beta means if you can commit new
>> stuff after it has been declared?
>
> We allow /contrib to be more lax about beta changes.

the postgresql ecosystem is growing and there is a lot of people like
packagers that will be a quite irritated if we keep randomly adding
completely new code and modules during BETA.

Stefan

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