Re: [pgsql-www] Release cycle length - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: [pgsql-www] Release cycle length
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Msg-id 3FBACDE7.4090109@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: [pgsql-www] Release cycle length  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: [pgsql-www] Release cycle length
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> HOWEVER, a release cycle of *less than 6 months* would kill the advocacy vols
> if we wanted the same level of publicity.
>
> I do support the idea of "dev" releases.   For example, if there was a "dev"
> release of PG+ARC as soon as Jan is done with it, I have one client would
> would be willing to test it against a simulated production load on pretty
> heavy-duty hardware.

Can't we have nightly builds always available?  Why can't they just use
the CVS version?

> (Oddly enough, my problem in doing more testing myself is external to
> PostgreSQL; most of our apps are PHP apps and you can't compile PHP against
> two different versions of PostgreSQL on the same server.   Maybe with User
> Mode Linux I'll be able to do more testing now.)

I'd be willing to give testing coordination a go, not sure where I'd
begin though.

Chris


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