On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:35:31AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > At the recent PostgreSQL developer meeting in Brussels, a consensus > was reached that an early beta, leading to an on-time release, would > be very desirable. In particular, it was suggested that we should > attempt to release PostgreSQL 9.6beta1 in May. The release management > team has determined that this will require a feature freeze in early > April. Accordingly, the release management has decided that all > feature patches destined for PostgreSQL 9.6 must be committed no later > than April 8, 2016. Any patch not committed prior to 2016-04-09 > 00:00:00 GMT may not be committed to PostgreSQL 9.6 unless (a) it is a > bug fix, (b) it represents essential cleanup of a previously-committed > patch, or (c) the release management team has approved an extension to > the deadline for that particular patch. > > As of the time when feature freeze goes into effect, all patches > remaining in the CommitFest will be either moved to the next > CommitFest, if they are as of that time in a state of Needs Review or > Ready for Committer; or marked as Returned with Feedback, if they are > in a state of Waiting on Author. The release management team > encourages patch authors and reviewers, the CommitFest manager (David > Steele), and all other community members to keep the status of each > patch in the CommitFest accurate throughout the CommitFest, and > particularly as the feature freeze deadline approaches. > > The release management team anticipates approving exceptions to the > feature freeze deadline only if the following criteria are met: (1) > the extension is requested by a committer who actually intends to > commit the patch before the extension lapses; (2) the release > management team believes that the patch has sufficient consensus to > proceed with it; (3) the release management team believes that > accepting the patch will not destabilize the tree or otherwise > compromise the PostgreSQL community's ability to get a beta out the > door on schedule; and (4) the proposed extension does not extend > beyond April 15, 2016.
Reminder: the PostgreSQL 9.6 feature freeze takes effect in under six days, at 2016-04-09 00:00:00 GMT. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
