Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyR1p-0006Mw-B8 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 20:37:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyR1o-0004VQ-LG for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 29 May 2015 20:37:16 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyR1m-0004Se-2p; Fri, 29 May 2015 20:37:14 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YyR1i-0004OK-Gx; Fri, 29 May 2015 20:37:13 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t4TKb0N9028478; Fri, 29 May 2015 16:37:00 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Robert Haas cc: Stephen Frost , Bruce Momjian , Magnus Hagander , "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" , pgsql-core Subject: Re: [CORE] postpone next week's release In-reply-to: References: <20150529185431.GG26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <26984.1432927977@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20150529195609.GD16602@momjian.us> <20150529195751.GN26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <27697.1432929660@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Robert Haas message dated "Fri, 29 May 2015 16:29:36 -0400" Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 16:37:00 -0400 Message-ID: <28477.1432931820@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org Robert Haas writes: > I'm personally kind of astonished that we're even thinking about beta > so soon. I mean, we at least need to go through the stuff listed > here, I think: > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.5_Open_Items Well, maybe we ought to call it an alpha not a beta, but I think we ought to put out some kind of release that we can encourage people to test. What you are suggesting is that we serialize resolution of the known issues with discovery of new issues, and that's not an efficient use of time. Especially seeing that we're approaching the summer season where we won't get much input at all. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers