Re: Postgres upgrade, security release, where?

On 02/04/13 13:55, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Apr  2, 2013 at 09:40:07AM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
>>> Due to the security nature of the release, the source and binaries will
>>> only be publicly available on April 4 --- there are no pre-release
>>> versions available.
>>
>> The PostgreSQL homepage has a big announcement saying
>> "PostgreSQL minor versions released!", including a mention of a
>> "security issue";
>> unfortunately it's not obvious that this is for the prior 9.2.3 release and as
>> the announcement of the upcoming security release
>> ( http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1454/ ) does not mention the
>> new release number, methinks there is plenty of room for confusion :(
>>
>> It might be an idea to update the "splash box" with details of the upcoming
>> release.
>
> I agree updating the "spash box" would make sense.
>

Or perhaps include a date on said splashes, so we know when to panic :-)