Re: 9.3 Beta 1 Coming Soon! - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: 9.3 Beta 1 Coming Soon!
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Msg-id 51745C45.8090409@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: 9.3 Beta 1 Coming Soon!  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
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>> What I suggest this time is to avoid mentioning all the new features in the
>> beta announcement, reducing the impact of the 9.3.0 official release. We
>> faced this problem last year too, when we had to make the announcement and
>> ... everything had already been said in the beta1 release.
>
> I think this is dangerous as it reduces the amount of testing those new
> features get even further. We *need* the testing. And for that the
> testers need to know about the new features. Otherwise we can just skip
> beta.

I have to agree with Andres, here.  Good PR is nice, but good testing is
more important.

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Josh Berkus
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