On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 07:38, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Treat <xzi...@users.sourceforge.net> writes: >> ... I don't see much sense in worrying about it now; the 2 weeks between end >> of CF and Beta are when we need to be cut-throat. Given that this time the >> "must-have" feature is already in the tree, I think you will find people >> coming >> around quickly to the side of pushing things out rather than fighting to get >> things in. > > I think the other Robert's main point is that getting to beta in only > two weeks is ridiculously optimistic (which I'm afraid I agree with). > I believe that what he's proposing is tossing enough stuff overboard > so that we can finish the January CF in much less than a month, and > thereby have more time for alpha-level testing and stabilization of > the tree.
I realize it's moving the goalposts and not necessraily fair, but we could always try to cut a week off the CF for some more stabilization period if we think that'll be enough to make a difference. > Now the other approach we could take is that we'll ship *something* > on 7 Mar, even if it's less stable than what we've traditionally > considered to be beta quality. I don't think that really helps > much though; it just means we need more time in beta. That sounds mor elike a final alpha release, in that case? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
