Re: beta3

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Peter Eisentraut
> Sent: Monday, 19 November 2001 10:40 PM
> To: Marc G. Fournier
> Cc: Tom Lane; Bruce Momjian; PostgreSQL-development; Thomas Lockhart
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] beta3
>
>
> Marc G. Fournier writes:
>
> > Okay, how do we want to address/fix/test this?
>
> Assuming that we don't want to make sweeping changes to the overall
> procedure, I suggest this:
>
> 1.  The postgres.tar.gz and man.tar.gz documentation tarballs required for
> a release used to be at ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev/doc/.  The new
> file system location of this directory needs to be determined.
>
> 2.  Some postgres.tar.gz and man.tar.gz files need to be put there.

Just a thought:  Doesn't everyone have bzip2 these days?  Many large
projects come bz2-only even these days.  Is there a good reason to stick
with the extra-large tar.gz format?

Chris