X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB5879DCB6A for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:32:38 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27999-02 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:32:42 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from trolak.mydnsbox2.com (ns1.mydnsbox2.com [207.44.142.118]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B8CC9DC859 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:32:33 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.1.227] (68.143.134.146.nw.nuvox.net [68.143.134.146]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by trolak.mydnsbox2.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k2OEsGm18956; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:54:16 -0600 Message-ID: <442402FB.2050102@dunslane.net> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:32:27 -0500 From: Andrew Dunstan User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jim C. Nasby" CC: "Davidson, Robert" , Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Nightly builds References: <8333C841129E074E9F83FC80676BA76E405230@exchg-sea3-03.ant.amazon.com> <20060324132144.GI90527@pervasive.com> In-Reply-To: <20060324132144.GI90527@pervasive.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.098 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.098] X-Spam-Score: 0.098 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/1042 X-Sequence-Number: 81440 Jim C. Nasby wrote: >On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 05:30:28AM -0800, Davidson, Robert wrote: > > >>How amazing is that? I call it a night and come back to find that a bug has been identified and patched while I sleep. >> >>When will it appear in the binaries (I see that the release version is still 8.1.3)? I thought about trying to compile from source, but after looking at the mingw page was too intimidated by figuring out what to download to try compiling source. >> >> > >We generally don't worry about point releases too much unless there's a >pretty serious bug, so it'll probably take a while. > >Unfortunately I don't know of anyone building nightly binaries. This is >something we should think about doing, especially for windows... > > What for? The only binaries we should be letting out are for declared releases. If the bug is serious enough to warrant cutting a generally distributed binary for, it's worth making a release for, IMNSHO. The Windows packaging team usually follow up a release with a package very quickly indeed. cheers andrew