Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-14 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Tuesday 14 July 2009 21:17:14 Josh Berkus wrote: > > == Announcing == > > Announce to: > > * PostgreSQL News > > * pgsql-hackers > > * pgsql-general(?) > > * pgsql-packagers > > Also pgsql-announce, no? Yes. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make change

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-14 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Tuesday 14 July 2009 21:20:51 Josh Berkus wrote: > Also, what about producing Docs? I'm working on making the documentation build part of the normal release building rules. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-14 Thread Josh Berkus
On 7/13/09 12:49 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: Peter Eisentraut wrote: * Release notes [Note: We'll have to work out exactly how to do this one as we go.] I am not planning to assist with this item for alpha releases. Anyone want to volunteer to organize the alpha release notes? This seems like

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-14 Thread Josh Berkus
== Announcing == Announce to: * PostgreSQL News * pgsql-hackers * pgsql-general(?) * pgsql-packagers Also pgsql-announce, no? I'm happy to write announcements. I'm also happy to give someone else some practice ... I'll see if anyone is interested on -advocacy. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Ex

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Tom Lane escribi?: > > Robert Haas writes: > > > What would be really nice is to provide an easy and PORTABLE way for > > > patch submitters to run pgindent themselves. > > > > AFAIK it's just BSD indent plus some private patches of Bruce's, so > > there's no good reason w

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Tom Lane escribió: > Robert Haas writes: > > What would be really nice is to provide an easy and PORTABLE way for > > patch submitters to run pgindent themselves. > > AFAIK it's just BSD indent plus some private patches of Bruce's, so > there's no good reason we couldn't distribute pgindent in so

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas writes: > > What would be really nice is to provide an easy and PORTABLE way for > > patch submitters to run pgindent themselves. > > AFAIK it's just BSD indent plus some private patches of Bruce's, so > there's no good reason we couldn't distribute pgindent in sourc

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > What would be really nice is to provide an easy and PORTABLE way for > patch submitters to run pgindent themselves. AFAIK it's just BSD indent plus some private patches of Bruce's, so there's no good reason we couldn't distribute pgindent in source form. There just hasn't be

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Robert Haas escribió: > What would be really nice is to provide an easy and PORTABLE way for > patch submitters to run pgindent themselves. Then you can pgindent on > every commit, and if you break somebody's patch series, it's there own > fault for not pgindenting it correctly before they submit

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > "Kevin Grittner" writes: >> Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> It will mostly look like a beta release > >> No pgindent run I assume? > > No, that would tend to break pending patches. > > There's been some talk of pgindenting just new code added by patc

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Monday 13 July 2009 22:47:40 Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > == Release preparation == > > src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES applies > > No library soname bumps, right? The soname, which is name + major version number, is only bumped when the ABI changes. Perhaps you refer to the

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Monday 13 July 2009 22:49:21 Bruce Momjian wrote: > Kevin Grittner wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > It will mostly look like a beta release > > > > No pgindent run I assume? > > I don't think so. No, certainly not. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org)

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Kevin Grittner" writes: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> It will mostly look like a beta release > No pgindent run I assume? No, that would tend to break pending patches. There's been some talk of pgindenting just new code added by patches at the time they're committed. We don't seem to have th

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > == Release preparation == > > src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES applies > > No library soname bumps, right? No, I doubt it. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If you

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
Kevin Grittner wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > It will mostly look like a beta release > > No pgindent run I assume? I don't think so. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, C

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > * Release notes [Note: We'll have to work out exactly how to do this one as > we > go.] I am not planning to assist with this item for alpha releases. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com +

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > == Release preparation == > src/tools/RELEASE_CHANGES applies No library soname bumps, right? -- Alvaro Herrerahttp://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers

Re: [HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Kevin Grittner
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > It will mostly look like a beta release No pgindent run I assume? -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers

[HACKERS] Alpha release process

2009-07-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
For those of you who weren't involved in the Ottawa developer meeting, I think we should start by explaining that beginning with the 8.5 development cycle, we are planning to make regular alpha releases, to make early testing easier for more users. This will happen at the end of every commit fe