Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > There have been quite a number of fixes since Beta2. If we're going to > make a summer release date at all, we need to get moving. > > Therefore, I propose that we set a beta3 release date for July 8th. > That should give it enough space from the American Holiday.

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> It would be better not to branch until we're certain we won't need to >> re-wrap the beta.  I'm wondering why you see a need for any daylight at >> all between the branch date and the start of the CF. > Well, I guess it is

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas writes: >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: >>> Well, do you consider 7/8 to be mid-July or "close to the beginning"? > >> 7/8 would be about the last date I'd consider reasonable, given a CF >> starting 7/15.  I w

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: >> Well, do you consider 7/8 to be mid-July or "close to the beginning"? > 7/8 would be about the last date I'd consider reasonable, given a CF > starting 7/15. I would prefer a few days earlier, but I'm not sure > how mu

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: >> 7/8 would be about the last date I'd consider reasonable, given a CF >> starting 7/15.  I would prefer a few days earlier, but I'm not sure >> how much of a vote I get considering that I'm not actively involved in >> the release process or the

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Josh Berkus
> 7/8 would be about the last date I'd consider reasonable, given a CF > starting 7/15. I would prefer a few days earlier, but I'm not sure > how much of a vote I get considering that I'm not actively involved in > the release process or the packaging of installers. Well, I think realistically w

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > >> At PGCon, the plan we discussed was to branch the tree on 7/1 and >> start the next CommitFest on 7/15.  If beta3 is going to happen >> relatively close to the beginning of July, it might make sense to >> create the new branch just after we

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Josh Berkus
> At PGCon, the plan we discussed was to branch the tree on 7/1 and > start the next CommitFest on 7/15. If beta3 is going to happen > relatively close to the beginning of July, it might make sense to > create the new branch just after we wrap beta3. But if we're not > going to wrap beta3 until

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > At PGCon, the plan we discussed was to branch the tree on 7/1 and > start the next CommitFest on 7/15. If beta3 is going to happen > relatively close to the beginning of July, it might make sense to > create the new branch just after we wrap beta3. Seems reasonable. The 7/

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Robert Haas
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus writes: >> On 6/28/10 11:52 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>> Why not do prep work with a release on the 5th? > >> I think that a bunch of the people needed for wraps are Americans.  No? > > In any case, you won't get much attention for

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Josh Berkus wrote: On 6/28/10 11:52 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Why not do prep work with a release on the 5th? I think that a bunch of the people needed for wraps are Americans. No? I'm not sure of all our nationalities .. I'm in Canada, Dave is in EU ... I *think*

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus writes: > On 6/28/10 11:52 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> Why not do prep work with a release on the 5th? > I think that a bunch of the people needed for wraps are Americans. No? In any case, you won't get much attention for an announcement on the 5th. Better to wait a week.

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Josh Berkus
On 6/28/10 11:52 AM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Why not do prep work with a release on the 5th? I think that a bunch of the people needed for wraps are Americans. No? -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc.

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Why not do prep work with a release on the 5th? On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Tom Lane wrote: Josh Berkus writes: Therefore, I propose that we set a beta3 release date for July 8th. That should give it enough space from the American Holiday. You mean wrap on Thursday the 8th for release on Monday t

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Josh Berkus
On 6/28/10 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus writes: >> Therefore, I propose that we set a beta3 release date for July 8th. >> That should give it enough space from the American Holiday. > > You mean wrap on Thursday the 8th for release on Monday the 12th? > That'd be fine with me. Actual

Re: [HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus writes: > Therefore, I propose that we set a beta3 release date for July 8th. > That should give it enough space from the American Holiday. You mean wrap on Thursday the 8th for release on Monday the 12th? That'd be fine with me. Actual release on the 8th would mean asking people to

[HACKERS] Propose Beta3 for July

2010-06-28 Thread Josh Berkus
Folks, There have been quite a number of fixes since Beta2. If we're going to make a summer release date at all, we need to get moving. Therefore, I propose that we set a beta3 release date for July 8th. That should give it enough space from the American Holiday. This would imply, of course, th