Re: [HACKERS] Release cycle length

> 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?

> (Oddly enough, my problem in doing more testing myself is external to 
> PostgreSQL; most of our apps are PHP apps and you can't compile PHP against 
> two different versions of PostgreSQL on the same server.   Maybe with User 
> Mode Linux I'll be able to do more testing now.)

I'd be willing to give testing coordination a go, not sure where I'd 
begin though.

Chris