Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE8A22E007B for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:14:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19017-03 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:13:55 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47EB2E006F for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:13:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m57MDuVN024339; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:13:56 -0400 (EDT) To: Alvaro Herrera cc: pgsql-docs@postgreSQL.org Subject: Re: "Release date" for aborted releases? In-reply-to: <20080607214017.GR16502@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <21335.1212858177@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080607214017.GR16502@alvh.no-ip.org> Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera message dated "Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:40:17 -0400" Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:13:55 -0400 Message-ID: <24338.1212876835@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/4 X-Sequence-Number: 4921 Alvaro Herrera writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> I am wondering whether to leave the release note pages for 8.3.2, 8.2.8, >> etc saying "Release date: 2008-06-09", or to change them to something >> like "Never released". Thoughts? > I think a mention in the 8.3.3 notes saying something like "the 8.3.2 > version was never released to the public because it contained a bug" > should be enough -- so all release note items should be for 8.3.3. The implication being that our other releases *don't* contain bugs? Seems a bit wordy to me, and anyway I just finished committing them the other way ... regards, tom lane