On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 6:51 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 11:57 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> >> Monday is a back-branch release wrap day.
>
> > How can I get the information about release wrap day? The minor
> > release dates are mentioned on the website [1], but this information
> > is not available. Do we keep it some-fixed number of days before
> > minor release?
>
> Yes, we've been using the same release schedule for years. The
> actual tarball wrap is always on a Monday --- if I'm doing it,
> as is usually the case, I try to get it done circa 2100-2300 UTC.
> There's a "quiet period" where we discourage nonessential commits
> both before (starting perhaps on the Saturday) and after (until
> the releases are tagged in git, about 24 hours after wrap).
> The delay till public announcement on the Thursday is so the
> packagers can produce their builds. Likewise, the reason for
> a wrap-to-tag delay is in case the packagers find anything that
> forces a re-wrap, which has happened a few times.
>
Now that branches are tagged, I would like to commit and backpatch
this patch tomorrow unless there are any more comments/objections.
--
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
