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 CF5C1D1C4C4; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:00:18 +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 66251-10; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 02:59:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from cookie.varlena.com (adsl-64-142-36-103.sonic.net [64.142.36.103]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFB1D1B4F7; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 02:59:46 -0400 (AST) Received: by cookie.varlena.com (Postfix on SuSE Linux 7.3 (i386), from userid 500) id D02CF38C85; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:57:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:57:20 -0800 From: elein To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: Peter Eisentraut , Neil Conway , "Matthew T. O'Connor" , Christopher Kings-Lynne , PostgreSQL Development Subject: Re: Release cycle length Message-ID: <20031117225720.K5963@cookie.varlena.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Marc G. Fournier" , Peter Eisentraut , Neil Conway , "Matthew T. O'Connor" , Christopher Kings-Lynne , PostgreSQL Development References: <20031118002930.U731@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031118002930.U731@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/1008 X-Sequence-Number: 47296 On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:36:11AM -0400, 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 ... > For what it is worth, I try to promote the beta testing on general bits. I also invite people to write articles for me. To highlight a feature or concept or just to egg people on in a short article by a guest to general bits is very appropriate. My audience might not be core hackers, but getting the larger user group to participate as well as prepare for conversion is something I can help promote. (Just contact me to submit articles for publication--the invitation is always open.) --elein ============================================================= elein@varlena.com Varlena, LLC www.varlena.com PostgreSQL Consulting, Support & Training PostgreSQL General Bits http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/ ============================================================= I have always depended on the [QA] of strangers.