Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > One more issue. Until we start RC, patches that are bug fixes will
> > continue to be applied. Do we want that? By going RC we are basically
> > saying we need to focus on docs and packaging and we perhaps can keep
> > fixes for 8.0.1.
>
> In my mind "RC" means "only critical bug fixes" --- ie, just because
> it's a bug fix doesn't mean it won't be held for later. But RC doesn't
> mean "no changes, period". It means we're trying to test the thing
> without any more code churn than absolutely necessary.
>
> The real problem at the moment is that we should have been in an "only
> bug fixes" mode for some time already, and you just pushed in two or
> three patches that look more like feature additions to me (and I gather
> to Peter as well). *That* is the reason people are getting antsy about
> whether we are RC-ready.
I honestly can't tell whether these are bug fixes or not, especially the
encoding changes, so I put them in the queue and when no one says
anything I apply them.
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