Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes:
> On Monday 03 August 2009 17:44:32 Tom Lane wrote:
>> I feel that making a branch is the way to go. If we try to get away
>> with a shortcut, we'll probably regret it.
> Another more lightweight alternative is to tag and then change the version
> number and build the tarball, without another commit. This assumes that the
> version number stamping is automated and reproducible, so you don't have to
> record it in history.
The stamping is reproducible enough, I think, but don't we have the
tarball build process set up so that it pulls the tarball directly
from a particular CVS tag?
Anyway, the reason I'm for a branch is not that. It's so we have the
option to issue an 8.5alpha1.1 update if we need to.
regards, tom lane
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