Re: Draft release notes complete

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-08-30T03:20:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

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  1. Expose track_iotiming information via pg_stat_statements.

  2. Rewrite GiST support code for rangetypes.

  3. Clean up a couple of box gist helper functions.

  4. Replace the "New Linear" GiST split algorithm for boxes and points with a

On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 22:23 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > > Where are we on building the development docs more frequently?
> > > 
> > > Still waiting for details on how it works to set that up on the
> > > buildfarm client.
> > 
> > Where are we on this?
> 
> Waiting on Andrew.
> 
> As far as I can see, we need to update the machine to release 4.7, and
> then install a "skip file" or something like that.  Andrew, can you
> please explain how is that to be used?  I don't see it documented
> anywhere.

Why does this need to be tied into the build farm?  Someone can surely
set up a script that just runs the docs build at every check-in, like it
used to work.  What's being proposed now just sounds like a lot of
complication for little or no actual gain -- net loss in fact.