Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1Qn7-0002e5-IR for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2015 02:58:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1Qn6-0002Ny-Pv for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Jun 2015 02:58:28 +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 1Z1Qn5-0002Nn-HZ; Sun, 07 Jun 2015 02:58:27 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1Z1Qn2-00046n-2U; Sun, 07 Jun 2015 02:58:25 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E9DFB34C; Sat, 6 Jun 2015 19:58:21 -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); 6 Jun 2015 19:58:21 -0700 Message-ID: <5573B34F.1090007@commandprompt.com> Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 19:58:23 -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: Peter Geoghegan , Robert Haas CC: Kevin Grittner , Simon Riggs , Josh Berkus , Noah Misch , Bruce Momjian , Andres Freund , Tom Lane , Stephen Frost , Magnus Hagander , "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" , pgsql-core Subject: Re: [CORE] Restore-reliability mode References: <1514721236.6292951.1433608403856.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: 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 m1-45901-03828 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: pgsql-core@postgresql.org X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [CORE] Restore-reliability mode 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 06/06/2015 07:14 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Robert Haas wrote: >> Perhaps we're honoring this more in the breech than in the observance, >> but I'm not making up what Tom has said about this: >> >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/27310.1251410965@sss.pgh.pa.us >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/19174.1299782543@sss.pgh.pa.us >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/3413.1301154369@sss.pgh.pa.us >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/3261.1401915832@sss.pgh.pa.us > > Of course, not doing a catversion bump after beta1 doesn't necessarily > have much value in and of itself. *Promising* to not do a catversion > bump, and then usually keeping that promise definitely has a certain > value, but clearly we are incapable of that. > It seems to me that a cat bump during Alpha or Beta should be absolutely fine and reservedly fine respectively. Where we should absolutely not cat bump unless there is absolutely no other choice is during and RC. 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