Branch Date (Was: Re: @(#)Mordred Labs advisory 0...)

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On 21 Aug 2002, Rod Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > Agreed.  If patches are applied to the 7.4 branch as fast as normal,
> > > then maybe 7.4 will only be 6 months out with well tested Windows, PIT,
> > > etc. code that gets applied this October.
> > >
> > > Whats the intended branchpoint?  Beta with less than 5 patches?  3rd
> > > beta start period?  Less than 100 lines changed between betas?
> >
> > Actually, I believe the agreement on branchpoint for this release was
> > release date ... with the normal having been a few weeks *after* release
> > in previous releases ...
>
> Actually, you proposed beta2 as the branch time for this release, and no
> one objected.  I think we will have to be flexible and see how heavy the
> patching is during beta, but I think the latest would be on release
> date.  Our releases are very solid now, so we have very little patching
> after release, and now that I and Tom are fulltime, we can handle the
> load of double-patching better.

Oh, even better :)  I didn't think I had succeeded in getting it brought
*that* far forward :)