Re: [HACKERS] Release cycle length

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Von: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
An: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
CC: pgsql-www@postgresql.org, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Datum: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 05:06 AM
Betreff: [pgsql-www] [HACKERS] Release cycle length

> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Neil Conway wrote:
>
> > That said, I'm not really sure how we can make better use of the beta
> > period. One obvious improvement would be making the beta announcements
> > more visible: the obscurity of the beta process on www.postgresql.org
> > for 7.4 was pretty ridiculous. Does anyone else have a suggestion on
> > what we can do to produce a more reliable .0 release in less time?
>
> Agreed ... here's a thought ...
>
> take the download page and break it into two pages:
>
> page 1: broken down into "dev" vs "stable" versions, including the date of
> release ...
>
> page 2: when you click on the version you want to download, it brings you
> to a subpage that is what the main page currently is (with all the flags
> and such) but instead of just sending ppl to the ftp site itself, actually
> have the link go to the directory that contains that version on the mirror
> site ...
>
> that first page of the download could contain descriptoins of the variosu
> releases, and state of releases?
>
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> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

We could also use some download page similar to the one on httpd.apache.org - first you select a mirror (and one near
youhas been preselected) and under it you get a list of possible downloads... might be easier for the users than
browsingthrough FTP... 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Andreas Grabmüller

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