From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:04:49 -0500
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On 10 Dec 2002 at 0:56, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> writes:
> > Is the process documented?  Any set procedure?  Who knows how to do
> > it?
> 
> Er ... nope, nope, the core bunch ...

Sounds like we need to do a brain dump then.  I just happen to have 
some equipment left over from "The Matrix"....

> > If these things are not documented, they should be.
> 
> Most of the undocumented details of the release process are in the
> heads of Marc Fournier and Bruce Momjian.  If either of them falls off
> the end of the earth, we have worse troubles than whether we remember
> how to do a release

On a project, anyone is replaceable.  And anyone might leave for any 
number of reasons.  If they do, the affect upon the project will be 
minimized by having the major processes documented.

> --- for example: Marc owns, runs, and pays for the
> postgresql.org servers.

Is the cvs repo mirrored?

> (Me, I just hack code, so I'm replaceable.)

Yeah, yeah, stop being humble... ;)

> But if you want to try to document the process better, there are some
> details written down already (eg, src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES) and I'm
> sure Marc and Bruce would cooperate in writing down more.

That's a good start. It looks like a list of things easily forgotten 
but if forgotten, make us look bad.
-- 
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/