Re: Has Pg 9.1.0 been released today?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:50, Gavin Flower
<GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote:
> On 12/09/11 20:44, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:40, Gavin Flower
>> <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/09/11 20:31, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:10, Toby Corkindale
>>>> <toby.corkindale@strategicdata.com.au>    wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1.html
>>>>> contains the line:
>>>>> "Release Date: 2011-09-12"
>>>>>
>>>>> *bounces excitedly*
>>>>>
>>>>> Has the release candidate gone final today?
>>>>
>>>> Not yet. But we are planning to put it out, and we need to load the
>>>> website documentation ahead of time.
>>>>
>>> Then how come was put on the download page over 24 hours ago?
>>
>> We always put the files up on the ftpsite some time ahead to make sure
>> it hits all the mirrors. It's not officially released (and guaranteed)
>> until you see the announcement.
>>
> So there is a probability (presumably very small) that the source may change
> - if a significant problem is discoved late in the process, but one that can
> be quickly fixed?

Yes.


> More interesting: how likely is the source to change, and what are the
> general guidelines associated with such a change?

It has happened once or twice in the past, but very seldom. What
happens is the version is removed again, a fix is applied, and a
re-release is done with a new version number.

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