Sender: owner-postgres95@postgres.Berkeley.EDU X-Return-Path: andrew_yu Received: from methi.ndim.edrc.cmu.edu (METHI.NDIM.EDRC.CMU.EDU [128.2.214.230]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.3) with SMTP id PAA29507 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 1995 15:57:27 -0800 Message-Id: <199511022357.PAA29507@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Received: from localhost by methi.ndim.edrc.cmu.edu id aa01440; 2 Nov 95 18:56 EST X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: "Adam L. Beberg" , postgres95@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Reply-to: rp2y+@CS.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Version 1.0++ References: In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Nov 1995 17:42:58 CST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 18:56:43 -0500 From: Robert Patrick Resent-To: postgres95-redist Resent-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 95 15:57:28 -0800 Resent-From: pglite Resent-XMts: smtp > I've been installing Postgres on IRIX 5.3 and it's taken me a long time to > apply all the pathces. Are there any plans for a FTP site with the "live" > source, or maybe just an updated tar.gz? There is really no reason why > a bug fix shouldn't be immeditely applied to the main source. The bug fix is immediately applied to the main source (i.e., the CVS repository at Berkeley where the "blessed" version is kept), it's just that a new release is not generated for every bug fix (this takes some time, believe it or not). I can't speak for Jolly or Andrew but I imagine that there will be at least one more "release" version which incorporates all of the patches. However, speaking with a little bit of insider information, there are several problems currently being addressed (i.e., new patches will most likely be issued). I guess my point is that building new releases is probably not high on the priority list, especially when there are still bugs in the queue. Applying the patches shouldn't take more than a few minutes (i.e., the "patch" program is very fast, especially for such small patch files!). Just my two cents, Robert =============================================================================== To unsubscribe from the Postgres95 mailing list, send mail with the subject line "DEL" to "postgres95-request@postgres.Berkeley.EDU". ============ URL: http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres95/ ===========