Re: [HACKERS] CVS Branch Tagging...

> 
> On Friday morning, I'm going to be tagging the PostgreSQL source tree as
> STABLE-6_4, and will be creating a new BETA tar ball.  
> 
> Normal development will be able to continue, while we will be able to
> maintain/fix any bugs from those testing the BETA.
> 
> On November 1st, I will be tagging it once more as RELEASE-6_4, which will
> allow us to cover over any bugs as reported by those upgrading to v6.4.
> 
> Starting Friday, if anyone wants to start adding in any new features or
> whatnot, this will be possible...AFTER I post that the tagging is done!!
> :)

While it will be possible, I would like people to concentrate on the
existing 6.4 issues we have, and discourage parallel development on
separate final and features source trees.  If 6.4 is similar to previous
releases, we will need several minor releases before we can say goodbye
to 6.4, and start working on new features.  Of course, certain minor
features can be put in minor releases.

Cerainly a Linux person can get set_proctitle working for the ps args. 
Massimo has done most of the work in breaking out that functionality.

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Additions
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new functoins and test INET address type(Tom Helbekkmo, D'Arcy)
CREATE TABLE test (x text, s serial) fails if no database creation permission
regression test all platforms

Serious Items
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change pg args for platforms that don't support argv changes(setproctitle()?, sendmail hack?)

Docs
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generate html/postscript documentation
make sure all changes are documented properly

Minor items
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cnf-ify still can exhaust memory, make SET KSQO more generic
permissions on indexes:  what do they do?  should it be prevented?
allow multiple generic operators in expressions without the use of parentheses
document/trigger/rule so changes to pg_shadow create pg_pwd
large objects orphanage
improve group handling
improve PRIMARY KEY handling
generate postmaster pid file and remove flock/fcntl lock code
add ability to specifiy location of lock/socket files


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