David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 01:02, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Is this really something to be pushing into stable branches less than
>> 12 hours before a release wrap?
> My apologies. I had been under the impression that the go-no window
> was between stamp and tag and *that* was the window that was used for
> a buildfarm cycle. It sounds like it's not quite as black and white as
> that. I'm not aware of any documentation which gives guidance on
> this.
Hmm. Customarily we avoid pushing stuff into due-for-release branches
beginning 48-72 hours before the wrap, and then continuing until the
tags are applied ~24 hours after wrap. The pause before wrap is to
allow a complete buildfarm test cycle even on slower machines. The
pause after wrap is to wait for feedback from packagers.
> * https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Committing_checklist
I thought we had something written down there after the last
discussion of this point, but maybe it was hanging fire because
we hadn't chosen a specific definition of when to start the pause.
> (I'm assuming backing the patch out now won't improve the situation,
> but please correct me if you think I'm wrong on that)
No, I've already made the tarballs. I did look closely at the patch
and decided it was probably harmless and not in need of reversion.
I'm just whining because this wasn't following process.
regards, tom lane