From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200311181451.hAIEp3O02435@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: Release cycle length
In-Reply-To: <20031118002930.U731@ganymede.hub.org>
To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:51:03 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>,
	"Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>,
	Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>,
	PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
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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 ...
> 
> > 1. Start platform testing on day 1 of beta.  Last minute fixes for AIX
> > or UnixWare are really becoming old jokes.
> 
> then each beta will have to be "re-certified" for that beta, up until
> release ... doable, but I don't think you'll find many that will bother
> until we are close to release ...
> 
> > 2. Have a complete account of the changes available at the start of beta,
> >    so people know what to test.
> 
> Bruce, when do you do your initial HISTORY file?  Something to move to the
> start of beta, if not?

I see beta starting on:

	revision 1.277
	date: 2003/08/04 22:30:30;  author: pgsql;  state: Exp;  lines: +3 -3
	
	change tag to 7.4beta1 and update the Copyright to 2003
	
	Guess what folks?  We are now in Beta!!

and 7.4 HISTORY updated on:

	revision 1.196
	date: 2003/08/03 23:26:05;  author: momjian;  state: Exp;  lines: +324 -26
	Update HISTORY file for 7.4.

so the HISTORY file was updated the day before beta started.  I haven't
always been good about this, but I am now.

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