On 10 Dec 2002 at 0:56, Tom Lane wrote: > "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is the process documented? Any set procedure? Who knows how to do > > it? > > Er ... nope, nope, the core bunch ...
Sounds like we need to do a brain dump then. I just happen to have some equipment left over from "The Matrix".... > > If these things are not documented, they should be. > > Most of the undocumented details of the release process are in the > heads of Marc Fournier and Bruce Momjian. If either of them falls off > the end of the earth, we have worse troubles than whether we remember > how to do a release On a project, anyone is replaceable. And anyone might leave for any number of reasons. If they do, the affect upon the project will be minimized by having the major processes documented. > --- for example: Marc owns, runs, and pays for the > postgresql.org servers. Is the cvs repo mirrored? > (Me, I just hack code, so I'm replaceable.) Yeah, yeah, stop being humble... ;) > But if you want to try to document the process better, there are some > details written down already (eg, src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES) and I'm > sure Marc and Bruce would cooperate in writing down more. That's a good start. It looks like a list of things easily forgotten but if forgotten, make us look bad. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
