On 20 January 2016 at 15:40, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > Many people were happy with our consistent releasing major releases in > September, e.g. 9.0 to 9.3: > > 9.5 2016-01-07 > 9.4 2014-12-18 > 9.3 2013-09-09 <-- > 9.2 2012-09-10 <-- > 9.1 2011-09-12 <-- > 9.0 2010-09-20 <-- > 8.4 2009-07-01 > 8.3 2008-02-04 > 8.2 2006-12-05 > 8.1 2005-11-08 > 8.0 2005-01-19 > > We have gotten off of that cycle in the last two major releases
Yes we have and I agree that it would be useful to return to it. > For 9.6 we have a commitfest starting in March 1. This will > never allow a September release. > If that is the case, then its too late to change. March - last CF April - integration May - release Beta Sept - release Prod It seems perfectly OK for me to have Beta start at beginning May and for us to release in September. If the process takes more than 5 months (Apr - Sept) then there's something wrong with that process, rather than there being a problem with the schedule. > Our current 9.5/9.6 timing looks more like the 8.X series of release > dates. Everyone might be fine with that, but we had better be prepared > for November-February major release dates going forward. > I don't mind what month we pick, as long as we stick to the schedule. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ <http://www.2ndquadrant.com/> PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
