Re: Do we want a CVS branch now? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Do we want a CVS branch now?
Date
Msg-id 14816.1033359602@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Do we want a CVS branch now?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Do we want a CVS branch now?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Do we want a CVS branch now?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>> I don't think we want a branch for 7.4 yet.  We still have lots of open
>> issues and the branch will require double-patching.

> Merge the changes on the 7.3 branch into the 7.4 branch after 7.3 is
> released.

Why is that better than the other direction?

We can't afford to allow much divergence between the two branches so
long as we are engaged in wholesale double-patching, so I think it
really comes down to the same thing in the end: we are not ready for 7.4
development to start in earnest, whether there's a CVS branch for it or
not.
        regards, tom lane


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