Re: PostgreSQL 9.3 latest dev snapshot

On 06/27/2013 12:22 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Michael Paquier
> <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2013/06/25, at 22:23, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Michael Paquier
>>> <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Misa Simic <misa(dot)simic(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Where we can find latest snapshot for 9.3 version?
>>>>>
>>>>> We have taken latest snapshot from
>>>>> http://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/snapshot/dev/
>>>>>
>>>>> But it seems it is for 9.4 version...
>>>> 9.3 has moved to branch REL9_3_STABLE a couple of days ago.
>>>
>>> Yes. We can find the snapshot from REL9_3_STABLE git branch.
>>> http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/REL9_3_STABLE
>> Indeed, I completely forgot that you can download snapshots from postgresql.org's git. Simply use that instead of the FTP server now as long as 9.3 snapshots are not generated there.
>
> In case somebody is still looking, snapshots are properly building for 9.3 now.
>
> Those snapshots aren't identical to a download from git, as they've
> gone through a "make dist-prep" or whatever it's called. But they're
> pretty close.

there is more to that - those snapshots also will also only get
published if the source passed a full buildfarm run as a basic form of
validation.

>
> However, if oyu're looking for a snapshot, please use the one on the
> ftpsite. Generating those snapshots on the git server is slow and
> expensive...

definitly

Stefan