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Re: 9.0 release notes done

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-03-20T18:32:14Z
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> > I'd favor a beta sooner rather than later even if some stuff is still in
> > flux.  This particular release needs as much testing as possible, and
> > 10x as many people will try a beta as an alpha.
> 
> Well, the reason they are willing to try a beta is that it's supposed to
> be more stable than an alpha.  If we pull back on our stability
> commitments (like "no further initdbs expected") we'll just discourage
> people from trying betas in future.

Agreed.  If you want beta earlier, we are going to need to close the
HS/SR issues sooner.

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