Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > The urgency is that we should focus on getting to RC1. The issue is
> > > > that we don't have anything to focus on, so why delay?
> > >
> > > well, right now, we are waiting for an updated 'supported platforms' list
> > > due to having to put out beta5 :(
> >
> > The changes since our platform reports are _not_ platform-specific, so I
> > don't think we need to run through all platforms again. Even so, it is
> > good to wait until Monday to see if anything pops out.
>
> So, you are saying that the changes that tom made that required an initdb
> of those testing will not impact, in any way, how postgresql operates on
> any of those platforms that have been reported on already?
>
> tom, do you have as much confidence in your changes as bruce? if so, why
> didn't we just go to RC1, instead of a beta?
I can answer that. The feeling was that because we were requiring
initdb during beta, we needed _a_ beta with the new catalog format
before going to RC1.
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