Re: Ready for RC1

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> One more issue.  Until we start RC, patches that are bug fixes will
> continue to be applied.  Do we want that?  By going RC we are basically
> saying we need to focus on docs and packaging and we perhaps can keep
> fixes for 8.0.1.

In my mind "RC" means "only critical bug fixes" --- ie, just because
it's a bug fix doesn't mean it won't be held for later.  But RC doesn't
mean "no changes, period".  It means we're trying to test the thing
without any more code churn than absolutely necessary.

The real problem at the moment is that we should have been in an "only
bug fixes" mode for some time already, and you just pushed in two or
three patches that look more like feature additions to me (and I gather
to Peter as well).  *That* is the reason people are getting antsy about
whether we are RC-ready.
        regards, tom lane