On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> >> We discussed doing this at the very beginning of 8.4 release cycle >> >> and, the more I think about it, the more I think it's not fair not to >> >> go ahead and do it. ?Otherwise, we're rewarding people for ignoring a >> >> guideline that was discussed, and punishing (1) the people who have >> >> refrained from submitting large patches at the last minute, (2) people >> >> who would like to see their already-committed patches released on a >> >> reasonable time frame, and (3) people who don't want the tree to be >> >> frozen for a near-eternity while we shake out all the bugs that these >> >> large, last-minute patches introduce. ?We're also increasing the >> >> chances the the final release will contain undiscovered bugs, since >> >> they will have had ONLY the beta period, and no part of the >> >> development cycle, to shake out. >> > >> > Doing what? ?Not including HS an SR in 8.5? >> >> No. Pushing off large patches that weren't submitted until the last >> CommitFest to the next release. > > Sorry, I am still confused. "Last" is the previous commit-fest, > November, or the final commit-fest, January. Please restate your > opinion in full. Thanks.
Argh, sorry. Pushing off large patches that weren't submitted prior to the final CommitFest of the development cycle, namely, the January CommitFest. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
