Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Monday 10 June 2002 04:11 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> > I think our develop mode/beta mode pattern has done a great deal to
> > contribute to the stability of our releases. If we go over to the same
> > approach that everyone else uses, you can bet your last dollar that our
> > releases will be no better than everyone else's.
>
> I'll have to agree here -- but I also must remind people that our 'dot zero'
> releases are typically solid, but our 'dot one' releases have not been so
> solid. So I wouldn't be too confident in our existing model.
If that's a pattern, then we should discourage people from using odd dot-releases.
My opinion? With each release we ship improvements and new functionality people have long waited for.
Think about vacuum, toast, referential integrity. People need those things and have great confidence in
our releases. The willingness to upgrade their production systems to dot zero releases is the biggest compliment
userscan make.
Everything that endangers that quality is bad(tm). Our develop/beta mode pattern keeps people from diving
into the next bigger thing, distracting them from the current beta or release candidate. I don't think that would
do us a really good job.
Jan
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