Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyrH0-0002Jy-PU for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 00:38:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyrGy-0004wY-Vq for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 00:38:41 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YyrGv-0004vx-1x; Sun, 31 May 2015 00:38:37 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YyrGr-0002hD-8I; Sun, 31 May 2015 00:38:35 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2CFE933E; Sat, 30 May 2015 17:38:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] ([67.168.169.165] helo=[192.168.1.3]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES128-SHA) (2.1.1); 30 May 2015 17:38:30 -0700 Message-ID: <556A5805.5060309@commandprompt.com> Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 17:38:29 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Steele , Robert Haas , Bruce Momjian CC: Tom Lane , Andres Freund , Stephen Frost , Magnus Hagander , "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" , pgsql-core Subject: Re: [CORE] postpone next week's release References: <20150529195609.GD16602@momjian.us> <20150529195751.GN26667@tamriel.snowman.net> <27697.1432929660@sss.pgh.pa.us> <28477.1432931820@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20150529223321.GB6535@alap3.anarazel.de> <12510.1432958887@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20150530154559.GA25053@momjian.us> <556A3E26.8070902@pgmasters.net> In-Reply-To: <556A3E26.8070902@pgmasters.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-32711-03320 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: pgsql-core@postgresql.org X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [CORE] [HACKERS] postpone next week's release 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 On 05/30/2015 03:48 PM, David Steele wrote: > On 5/30/15 2:10 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> What, in this release, could break things badly? RLS? Grouping sets? >> Heikki's WAL format changes? That last one sounds really scary to me; >> it's painful if not impossible to fix the WAL format in a minor >> release. > > I would argue Heikki's WAL stuff is a perfect case for releasing a > public alpha/beta soon. I'd love to test PgBackRest with an "official" > 9.5dev build. The PgBackRest test suite has lots of tests that run on > versions 8.3+ and might well shake out any bugs that are lying around. You are right. Clone git, run it nightly automated and please, please report anything you find. There is no reason for a tagged release for that. Consider it a custom, purpose built, build-test farm. Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world you can't control your own emotions, so everyone else should do it for you. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers