Re: [HACKERS] First mega-patch...

Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk>

From: Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 1998-03-17T10:50:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> The file can be found in
> 
> 	ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/patches/.test/v6.3p1.tar.gz
> 
> and is hidden from public view... 
> 
> *NOTE: This is not to be discussed in any other mailing list, period, or
>        you will lose your secret decoder ring, and we'll have to cut off
>        your hands so that you can't do the secret handshake anymore*
> 
> 
> 
Geesh! Why the secrecy? Surely the more people who test it the better. Look
at the number of bugs that have turned up in the last 2 weeks since 6.3
was released - none of them *terribly* serious, but a fair number none
the less.

Has Marc suddenly taken some sort of commercial attitude???? (Give the
customer a product - who cares if it hasn't been tested by as many
people as possible - we can charge for an upgrade :-)


Yours puzzled!

Andrew

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