Re: 2016-03 Commitfest

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> > On 2016-04-08 10:56:28 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:06 AM, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
> wrote:
> >> > On 4/8/16 10:00 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> >> David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> writes:
> >> >>> So the commitfest is 84% complete with less than twelve hours to go.
> >> >>
> >> >> Have we set a particular time-of-day for closing the CF, and if so
> >> >> what is it exactly?
> >> >
> >> > From the referenced email:
> >> >
> >> > "Accordingly, the release management has decided that all
> >> > feature patches destined for PostgreSQL 9.6 must be committed no later
> >> > than April 8, 2016. Any patch not committed prior to 2016-04-09
> >> > 00:00:00 GMT may not be committed to PostgreSQL 9.6 unless (a) it is a
> >> > bug fix, (b) it represents essential cleanup of a previously-committed
> >> > patch, or (c) the release management team has approved an extension to
> >> > the deadline for that particular patch."
> >>
> >> IOW, the deadline is 8pm US/Eastern time, or about 9 hours from now.
> >>
> >> Let's try not to introduce more bugs in the next 9 hours than we have
> >> in the preceding 9 months.
> >
> > I've finished polishing the Pin/Unpin patch. But the final polishing
> > happened on an intercontential flight, after days spent preparing my
> > move to SF. I'd be glad if you would allow me to look over the patch
> > again, before pushing it sometime this weekend; this stuff is subtle,
> > and I'm not exactly my best right now.
>
> In view of these circumstances, the RMT has voted to extend the
> deadline for this particular patch by 2.5 days; that is, this patch
> may be committed with RMT approval no later than 2016-04-11 12:00:00
> GMT, which I believe is approximately 4am Monday morning where you
> are.
>

Good to hear. Wise decision, because we really need this patch in 9.6.

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