On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> Yes, and we have recently been discussing how best to solicit those
> opinions this year.
Great!
>> As a non-core team member, I find it quite frustrating that getting a
>> release triggered requires emailing a closed mailing list.
>
> It does not, unless you're talking about a security release. You might
> have to prod people if they overlook an email on -hackers, but you can
> certainly suggest releasing updates there.
I certainly can suggest it in a variety of ways on a variety of
mailing lists. Getting it to happen is a different thing.
> Timing *decisions* are not made by -core, as I've told you in the
> past. They are made by the packagers who do the actual work, based on
> suggestions from -core.
You have told me that in the past, and I do not accept that it is true.
The suggestions from -core are always accepted, or as near as makes no
difference. So in effect, -core decides.
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