Re: [CORE] RC1 blocker issues

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
>> Overall, I submit that our release process is broken, and that we're
>> having trouble getting this release out because nobody is paying
>> attention to it (of which I too have been guilty off-and-on).

> We also have this issue every year, but the time from beta to release 
> has always been about three months.  With the buildfarm helping out, 
> we're a couple of weeks early this time.  Rejoice.

I'm not sure that the process is broken, but I agree that there's been
way too little focus on testing this time around; it seems that most of
the chatter on pgsql-hackers since beta started has been about ideas for
8.3 development.  Have we caused that by deciding to have a short 8.3
devel cycle, ie, do people feel they needed a head start?  If so, it's
bad, but the damage is already done, and won't be repeated as long as we
go back to a more normal schedule after 8.3.  If there's another force
at work, what is it?

I am a bit worried about this, because we're predicating the decision
to release 8.2 now on the lack of bug reports; if that's due to lack of
testing rather than lack of bugs, we might have a disaster in the
making.  But there's no way to know that now, and really I see no value
in being fearful at this point.  If we delayed a month, we'd be in
pretty much just the same situation a month from now.
        regards, tom lane