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  1. Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2002-01-24T20:18:31Z

    OK, the fix for Trond's autoconf issue is in.  I think we could roll
    RC2 now.
    
    Are we in docs freeze yet?  I'm working on an overhaul of the plperl
    chapter of the programmer's guide, and plan to commit it sometime
    today or tomorrow.  Unless I'm told not to.
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  2. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com> — 2002-01-24T20:48:52Z

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
    
    > OK, the fix for Trond's autoconf issue is in.  I think we could roll
    > RC2 now.
    
    Perl fix? :) (the ifdef cturner suggested should make it work on both)
    
    -- 
    Trond Eivind Glomsrød
    Red Hat, Inc.
    
    
  3. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2002-01-24T21:07:02Z

    teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=F8d?=) writes:
    > Perl fix? :) (the ifdef cturner suggested should make it work on both)
    
    I didn't see anything from cturner on that ... perhaps it's hung up
    in the approval queue?
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  4. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2002-01-24T22:25:53Z

    Tom Lane writes:
    
    > OK, the fix for Trond's autoconf issue is in.  I think we could roll
    > RC2 now.
    >
    > Are we in docs freeze yet?  I'm working on an overhaul of the plperl
    > chapter of the programmer's guide, and plan to commit it sometime
    > today or tomorrow.  Unless I'm told not to.
    
    Well, a "release candidate" is "no more changes unless it's broken".  An
    "overhaul" is probably better left for the next minor release.
    
    -- 
    Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
    
    
    
  5. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2002-01-24T22:32:35Z

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
    >> Are we in docs freeze yet?  I'm working on an overhaul of the plperl
    >> chapter of the programmer's guide, and plan to commit it sometime
    >> today or tomorrow.  Unless I'm told not to.
    
    > Well, a "release candidate" is "no more changes unless it's broken".
    
    True for code, but we have not in the past applied that standard to
    docs.
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  6. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2002-01-24T22:59:09Z

    Tom Lane writes:
    
    > > Well, a "release candidate" is "no more changes unless it's broken".
    >
    > True for code, but we have not in the past applied that standard to
    > docs.
    
    In the past, the docs were frozen two weeks before the release candidate
    so that Thomas Lockhart could prepare them for publication.  This time
    we've been more relaxed, but I still think we have to stop somewhere.  In
    particular, a few days of rest is needed even for the docs, because:
    
    * To make sure the documents are built at least once in full so they are
    picked up when the release is built.
    
    * To make sure the documents still build on whatever toolchain
    postgresql.org is running.  (There are occasional bugs in processors and
    stylesheets.)
    
    * To make sure everything looks OK when processed with whatever stylesheet
    version postgresql.org uses.
    
    * To make sure everything is spell-checked and edited for mistakes.
    
    * To build the final edition of the man pages.
    
    * To build printed versions and avoid post-release editing because of
    certain "web-only" constructs or other things that don't work in the print
    releases.
    
    Some things to think about.  If you think your changes don't affect these
    issues, go ahead, but "overhaul" leaves me wondering.
    
    -- 
    Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
    
    
    
  7. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2002-01-24T23:10:10Z

    Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
    > In the past, the docs were frozen two weeks before the release candidate
    > so that Thomas Lockhart could prepare them for publication.  This time
    > we've been more relaxed, but I still think we have to stop somewhere.
    
    Sure.  But I haven't yet heard Thomas ask for a docs freeze, so (unless
    I missed it) I would think I could still get some work done.
    
    			regards, tom lane
    
    
  8. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2002-01-25T00:35:12Z

    Ummmm, actually ... Thomas generally freezes the docs two weeks before the
    *release*, not the release candidate ... we've always accepted docs
    changes up to the very last possible minute ...
    
    On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
    
    > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
    > > In the past, the docs were frozen two weeks before the release candidate
    > > so that Thomas Lockhart could prepare them for publication.  This time
    > > we've been more relaxed, but I still think we have to stop somewhere.
    >
    > Sure.  But I haven't yet heard Thomas ask for a docs freeze, so (unless
    > I missed it) I would think I could still get some work done.
    >
    > 			regards, tom lane
    >
    
    
    
  9. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2002-01-25T02:25:00Z

    Okay, she's rolled if someone wants to take a quick look at it ... unless
    something immediate blows with this one, will do an announce tomorrow
    night ...
    
    
    On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
    
    >
    > Ummmm, actually ... Thomas generally freezes the docs two weeks before the
    > *release*, not the release candidate ... we've always accepted docs
    > changes up to the very last possible minute ...
    >
    > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
    >
    > > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
    > > > In the past, the docs were frozen two weeks before the release candidate
    > > > so that Thomas Lockhart could prepare them for publication.  This time
    > > > we've been more relaxed, but I still think we have to stop somewhere.
    > >
    > > Sure.  But I haven't yet heard Thomas ask for a docs freeze, so (unless
    > > I missed it) I would think I could still get some work done.
    > >
    > > 			regards, tom lane
    > >
    >
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  10. Re: Ready for RC2 I guess...

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2002-01-25T03:11:34Z

    "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
    > Okay, she's rolled if someone wants to take a quick look at it ...
    
    tarfile looks okay from here.
    
    			regards, tom lane