On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> As a result of this, I've been insulted, told I have no respect for >> process and even suggested there was a threat of patch war. > > Well, you've pretty much said flat out you don't like the process, and > you don't agree with having a firm feature freeze. I think it's a > perfectly legitimate question to ask whether we're going to have to > continually relitigate that point. This is at least the second major > dust-up on this point since the end of 9.1CF4, and there were some > smaller ones, too.
Why do you address this to me? Many others have been committing patches against raised issues well after feature freeze. You do not wish to stop all patches, only those you disagree with. How would I know you disagree with a patch without discussing it? I note that you've claimed *everything* I have discussed is a new feature, whereas everything you or others have done is an "open item". You can claim that everything I suggest is a dust-up if you wish, but who makes it a dust up and why? The point I have made is that I disagree with a feature freeze date fixed ahead of time without regard to the content of the forthcoming release. I've not said I disagree with feature freezes altogether, which would be utterly ridiculous. Fixed dates are IMHO much less important than a sensible and useful feature set for our users. MySQL repeatedly delivered releases with half-finished features and earned much disrespect. We have never done that previously and I am against doing so in the future. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers