Re: Remaining 9.5 open items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Remaining 9.5 open items
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Msg-id CANP8+jKSaRTvQU+=TOqOR8BPf9XxmgfS5zjFiyy8J3K=dfC73w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Remaining 9.5 open items  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Remaining 9.5 open items  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 1 December 2015 at 17:05, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
 
do we want to
back-patch those changes to 9.5 at this late date?

Surely the whole point of a release process is to fix issues in the release. If we don't ever dare put something in the release, we may as well have released it earlier.

I'm thinking about a two stage release process...

Stage 1 - released, but with caveats and some parts marked experimental/beta whatever

Stage 2 - released, all caveats resolved

Not sure what to call that.

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