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Submitted by: press@postgresql.org
Headline: PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Beta 4 Now Available
Summary:
After 4 weeks of work, involving alot of bug fixes, and documentation improvements, to the source tree, we have just
releasedour 4th Beta of 8.0.0. We urge everyone to download a copy and run it through regression tests, and report all
problemsto pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Story:
After 4 weeks of work, involving alot of bug fixes, and documentation improvements, to the source tree, we have just
releasedour 4th Beta of 8.0.0. Most of the items on Bruce\'s Open Items list have been completed, but we still have a
halfdozen or so Windows related items still open.
For a complete list of changes/improvement since Beta 1 was released, please see:
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v8.0.0beta/ChangeLog-Beta3-to-Beta4
That said, Beta 4 is currently available for download on all mirrors:
http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html
David Fetter has also updated the Bittorrent Site with the latest beta, available:
http://bt.postgresql.org
And, finally, Magnus Hagander has released a Beta4 version of pginstaller, the Windows Installer, available:
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller/
Note: pginstaller is also available via anon-ftp on all of the mirror
sites, under the projects/pgfoundry directory ...
As with all releases, the success of this release falls in the your hands ... to go from Beta -> Release, we need as
manypeople out there to put it through her paces as possible, on as many platforms as possible. We urge anyone, and
everyone,to download a copy and run her through her regression tests, and report any/all problems, and bugs, to
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
The more bugs we can find, and eliminate, during Beta, the more successful the Release will be ...
Once more, on behalf of all of the developers, Happy Bug Hunting ...
