Re: release slippage

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 16:27, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> So, speaking of that, aren't we supposed to wrap beta2 any minute now?
>
> Yes.  I'm expecting to do it this evening.
>
>> There are two open items listed on the open items page as blockers for beta2:
>
>> - error in information_schema.element_types view definition (bug 5926)
>> - more SSI loose ends
>
> Peter concluded that #1 was really only a documentation problem, and
> fixed it in his latest commit.  I'm not entirely convinced that he's
> reading the spec correctly, but will defer to his judgment.
>
>> With respect to #2, it would be nice to fix that, but I'm disinclined
>> to hold up beta2 for it.
>
> I agree.  From what I can see, SSI is nowhere near RC-ready.  We may as
> well push out beta2 to get the fixes accumulated so far into the hands
> of testers.  (In particular, judging by the reports that have been
> coming in, we really need to push the timezone-abbreviations Windows
> crash fix...)

Yeah, we definitely need that one out. I say let's get beta2 out, and
then plan to have a beta3 as well before rc.

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