X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EAC3D1D5AB; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:59:45 +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 61898-09; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:59:17 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8005ED1D7D3; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:59:13 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9B9593618C; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:56:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90FBF351FA; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:56:48 -0400 (AST) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:56:48 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: Christopher Kings-Lynne Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org, PostgreSQL Development Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Release cycle length In-Reply-To: <3FBACDE7.4090109@familyhealth.com.au> Message-ID: <20031118215619.H731@ganymede.hub.org> References: <87smkmgyn7.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com> <20031117233828.Y731@ganymede.hub.org> <200311180942.31093.josh@agliodbs.com> <3FBACDE7.4090109@familyhealth.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/321 X-Sequence-Number: 2968 On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > HOWEVER, a release cycle of *less than 6 months* would kill the advocacy vols > > if we wanted the same level of publicity. > > > > I do support the idea of "dev" releases. For example, if there was a "dev" > > release of PG+ARC as soon as Jan is done with it, I have one client would > > would be willing to test it against a simulated production load on pretty > > heavy-duty hardware. > > Can't we have nightly builds always available? Why can't they just use > the CVS version? We do do nightly builds ... have for years now ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664