Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Jonah H. Harris wrote: > >> On 5/16/07, Marc G. Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Set a fixed date (ie. 3 weeks) and whatever isn't in gets punted to 8.4 > >> > ... if that means those 'large patches' don't get applied, so be it ... > >> > >> I disagree with that approach. Larger more complex patches required > >> much more work and effort than small, simple ones. Not only do I > >> think it's unfair to the authors who spent considerably more time on > >> their work, but I think it also sets a bad precedent for future work; > >> saying, in short, that if you want to make large strides to improve > >> PostgreSQL, and you followed the community development process, you're > >> still potentially last in line for review. > > > > Yep. We lose a lot of credibility if we did that. > > So, we lose no credibility if we sit in feature freeze indefinitely, with no > direction, while we wait for reviewers to finish reviewing?
Well, if we stay indefinitely, then we have no release and we close up the project. I think eventually we will release. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
