Thread: PostgreSQL v7.2b5 Released
Good morning ...
On the 14th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development
Group packaged up and released v7.2b5 (and, hopefully, our last beta) of
our upcoming release.
Release Candidate 1, baring any major bug reports from Beta5, is
schedualed for packaging and release on Friday, January 18th, with Full
Release a week later if all remains quiet.
Although primarily a documentation and packaging related release,
there are several fixes for bugs reported in v7.2b4.
For a complete listing of changes since v7.2b4, as well as the
newest source code, please go to:
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/beta
!!!!WARNING!!!! !!!!WARNING!!!! !!!!WARNING!!!!
Altho we try hard to keep this from happening, due to some
internal changes, this release *requires* a full
dump/initdb/reload from previous v7.2 betas ...
!!!!WARNING!!!! !!!!WARNING!!!! !!!!WARNING!!!!
Bug reports, as always, should be directed to
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, and the severity of all bugs reported will
determine whether we move to the release cycle, or do another Beta, so we
encourage as many administrators as possible to test this current release.
Marc G. Fournier
Coordinator, PGDG
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes: > Good morning ... > > On the 14th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development > Group packaged up and released v7.2b5 (and, hopefully, our last beta) of > our upcoming release. RPMs for Red Hat Linux 7.2 are available at http://people.redhat.com/teg/pg/ -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc.
Good morning ...
On the 26th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development
Group packaged up and released v7.2rc2 of our upcoming release. rc1 was
released as a 'hackers-only' release, since there were several bugs quickly
found ...
Although primarily a documentation and packaging related release,
there are several fixes for bugs reported in v7.2b5 and v7.2rc1 (not formally
released).
For a complete listing of changes since v7.2b5, as well as the
newest source code, please go to:
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/beta
Note that this release does not require a full reload from b5, but,
as b5 did require one, anyone upgrading from an earlier version *will*
require one to go to RC1 ...
Bug reports, as always, should be directed to
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, and the severity of all bugs reported will
determine whether we move to the release cycle, or do another Beta, so we
encourage as many administrators as possible to test this current release.
Marc G. Fournier
Coordinator, PGDG
Marc G. Fournier wrote: > Good morning ... > > On the 26th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development > Group packaged up and released v7.2rc2 of our upcoming release. rc1 was > released as a 'hackers-only' release, since there were several bugs quickly > found ... I have to admit to a certain curiosity. Who attended the Ouiji-board session that predicted that several bugs would be found quickly, requiring RC1 to be a "hackers-only" release instead of a real one? OK, I can't type understandable prose any better than anyone else here, but I did find the wording entertaining. (And, Marc, please don't take offense, that's not the intent). -- Don Baccus Portland, OR http://donb.photo.net, http://birdnotes.net, http://openacs.org
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Don Baccus wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > Good morning ... > > > > On the 26th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development > > Group packaged up and released v7.2rc2 of our upcoming release. rc1 was > > released as a 'hackers-only' release, since there were several bugs quickly > > found ... > > > I have to admit to a certain curiosity. Who attended the Ouiji-board > session that predicted that several bugs would be found quickly, > requiring RC1 to be a "hackers-only" release instead of a real one? > > OK, I can't type understandable prose any better than anyone else here, > but I did find the wording entertaining. > > (And, Marc, please don't take offense, that's not the intent). No offense .. the usual release procedure is to roll the tar ball, put it on hackers for ~24hrs for limited testing, before a more formal release ... some of the folks at Redhat picks up a couple of issues within that 24hr period that needs to be fixed before that more formal release, so we just held off, fixed those and re-rolled as rc2 in case some ppl had picked up rc1 without the release announcements :)
On Sunday 27 January 2002 12:49 am, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On the 26th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development > Group packaged up and released v7.2rc2 of our upcoming release. rc1 was > released as a 'hackers-only' release, since there were several bugs > quickly found ... > Note that this release does not require a full reload from b5, but, > as b5 did require one, anyone upgrading from an earlier version *will* > require one to go to RC1 ... Pre-release RPMS are available for this release candidate at ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/binary/beta/RPMS Binary RPMs built on Red Hat 7.2/Intel. As the last beta RPMs WERE beta 3, a dump/reload is *required*. These are pre-release RPMs. Regression passes (with the 'expected' failures due to RHL's locale settings and the manner in which the regression tests are built and run in this environment.). Questions to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes: > Good morning ... > > On the 26th of January, 2002, the PostgreSQL Global Development > Group packaged up and released v7.2rc2 of our upcoming release. rc1 was > released as a 'hackers-only' release, since there were several bugs quickly > found ... > > Although primarily a documentation and packaging related release, > there are several fixes for bugs reported in v7.2b5 and v7.2rc1 (not formally > released). Builds fine, all regression tests succeed on a Rawhideish system (bleeding edge components) as as on Red Hat Linux 7.2. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc.