X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B54D1B515; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:03:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96375-04; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:02:52 -0400 (AST) Received: from anchor-post-37.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-37.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.87]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CD33D1CA0F; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:02:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from lfix.demon.co.uk ([80.177.205.209] helo=cerberus.lfix.co.uk) by anchor-post-37.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1AM2h8-0000lq-0b; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:02:50 +0000 Received: from linda.lfix.co.uk ([192.168.1.1]) by cerberus.lfix.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AM2h3-0006qI-0y; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:02:45 +0000 Subject: Re: Release cycle length From: Oliver Elphick To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: Peter Eisentraut , Neil Conway , "Matthew T. O'Connor" , Christopher Kings-Lynne , PostgreSQL Development In-Reply-To: <20031118002930.U731@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20031118002930.U731@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: LFIX Limited Message-Id: <1069149734.16544.755.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:02:15 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-LFIX-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/959 X-Sequence-Number: 47247 On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 04:36, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > 0. As you say, make it known to the public. Have people test their > > in-development applications using a beta. > > and how do you propose we do that? I think this is the hard part ... > other then the first beta, I post a note out to -announce and -general > that the beta's have been tag'd and bundled for download ... I know Sean > does up a 'devel' port for FreeBSD, but I don't believe any of the RPM/deb > maintainers do anything until the final release ... I do in fact build debs of the beta and rc releases. These have gone into the experimental archive in Debian and are announced on Debian lists. I even posted an announcement to pgsql-general, on 10th October for example. -- Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk Isle of Wight, UK http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "A Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High." Psalms 92:1