| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: 8.5 release timetable, again |
| Date: | 2009-08-26 18:26:30 |
| Message-ID: | 603c8f070908261126v175fe396n392973b3cca66bbf@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Yup. This is a huge problem and we need to deal with it somehow. At
> the same time, I'm worried that our beta testing process is already
> inadequate. We've found several rather embarrassing bugs in 8.4, for
> instance, things that should have been found in beta IMO. Shortening
> beta or encouraging people to start next-cycle development instead of
> testing doesn't seem like a wise move. You can't just develop all
> the time, you have to test & debug too ...
Sure, but an aimless mandate to do testing for 4 (or 8, or 12) months
doesn't necessarily buy you much, either. I'm good at focused
activity - but there was nothing focused about 8.4 beta that I could
see. Maybe we need some kind of TestFest process.
...Robert
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