Robert Haas wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > Robert Haas wrote: > >> > You can't move from commitfest to beta until all _known_ bugs are > >> > fixed/addressed, and you can't move from beta to RC using the same > >> > criteria. > >> > >> Hmm. ?For 8.4, I don't think we actually fixed "all" known bugs - I > >> think we made a decision about which ones had to be fixed and which > >> ones we were going to push off, and then did so. > > > > Right, we have to decide which ones get pushed to the TODO list, but > > also consider that several obvious bugs got into the 8.4.0 release, > > which is something we are going to try to avoid this time. > > True. It's worth being clear, though I'm sure we're on the same > wavelength here, that those bugs didn't come from the open items list. > They came from stabilization issues related to large patches > committed in that release cycle. That's why it seems to me that > pushing off some of the large patches that were not submitted until > the final CommitFest is likely to speed up the release.
Yes, these were things that should have showed up in testing, but didn't. > We discussed doing this at the very beginning of 8.4 release cycle > and, the more I think about it, the more I think it's not fair not to > go ahead and do it. Otherwise, we're rewarding people for ignoring a > guideline that was discussed, and punishing (1) the people who have > refrained from submitting large patches at the last minute, (2) people > who would like to see their already-committed patches released on a > reasonable time frame, and (3) people who don't want the tree to be > frozen for a near-eternity while we shake out all the bugs that these > large, last-minute patches introduce. We're also increasing the > chances the the final release will contain undiscovered bugs, since > they will have had ONLY the beta period, and no part of the > development cycle, to shake out. Doing what? Not including HS an SR in 8.5? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
