Re: [HACKERS] Win32 release warning
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
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Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote: > > > Rob Butler <[email protected]> writes: > >> That makes it sound as if you didn't do the same level > >> of testing on *this* release, like it didn't go > >> through all the tests or something. > > > >> How about "it does not have the extensive testing > >> history that other supported platforms in this release > >> have." > > > > Not bad, but it doesn't make the point that there's a lot of new > > platform-specific code for Windows in there. You want to point > > out not only that there's no history, but that there's new code to be > > suspicious of. > > "Altho tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port does not have > the benefit of the years of testing that has gone into the Unix platforms, > and, as such, should be treated with the same level of caution as you > would a new product" Wow, that is good! Current wording is: Because Win32 is significantly different from the Unix platforms supported in previous releases, there is much new Win32-specific code that has not been tested extensively. Please test it thoroughly before using it in production. Should I change it to Marc's version? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [email protected] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [email protected]