Re: Alpha 1 release notes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Massa, Harald Armin" <chef(at)ghum(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Alpha 1 release notes
Date: 2009-08-13 15:08:44
Message-ID: 7386.1250176124@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> In any case, it is not the function of the alpha release notes to
>> discuss changes in earlier release branches. The reason the commit
>> log points out the back-patch is to make it easier to extract the
>> information when we prepare release notes for the back-branch updates.

> Hmm, isn't it enough to use cvs2cl --follow <branch>?

Yeah, cvs will certainly tell you the same information, which is why
I frequently don't bother mentioning the point at all in commit
messages. I think the most useful reason for mentioning the branch(es)
in a commit message is to explain why a particular patch goes back
so far and no farther.

regards, tom lane

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