Re: RC1 on Friday?

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > The urgency is that we should focus on getting to RC1.  The issue is
> > > > that we don't have anything to focus on, so why delay?
> > >
> > > well, right now, we are waiting for an updated 'supported platforms' list
> > > due to having to put out beta5 :(
> >
> > The changes since our platform reports are _not_ platform-specific, so I
> > don't think we need to run through all platforms again.  Even so, it is
> > good to wait until Monday to see if anything pops out.
> 
> So, you are saying that the changes that tom made that required an initdb
> of those testing will not impact, in any way, how postgresql operates on
> any of those platforms that have been reported on already?
> 
> tom, do you have as much confidence in your changes as bruce?  if so, why
> didn't we just go to RC1, instead of a beta?

I can answer that.  The feeling was that because we were requiring
initdb during beta, we needed _a_ beta with the new catalog format
before going to RC1.

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