Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-09-01 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus josh@agliodbs.com writes: I propose a modest experiment: for the 8.3 development cycle, let's try to agree (in the next month or so) on a roadmap of what major features should be in 8.3 and who will make each one happen. Well, I think the what is more important that the who -- we

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-09-01 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Joshua D. Drake wrote: we will know whether this is a great thing we should continue, or we should stick to our traditional laissez-faire style of project management. I figure that even if it really sucks, it wouldn't kill us to try it for one release cycle --- at the very worst, we'd make up

[HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Tom Lane
[ hijacking this thread over to where the developers hang out ] Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom Lane wrote: It's pointless to suppose that individual developers would really be answerable to any project-wide management, since that's not who they're paid by. So I tend to think

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Steve Atkins
On Aug 31, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Tom Lane wrote: [ hijacking this thread over to where the developers hang out ] Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom Lane wrote: It's pointless to suppose that individual developers would really be answerable to any project-wide management, since that's

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Joshua D. Drake
we will know whether this is a great thing we should continue, or we should stick to our traditional laissez-faire style of project management. I figure that even if it really sucks, it wouldn't kill us to try it for one release cycle --- at the very worst, we'd make up lost time in future by no

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Josh Berkus
Tom, I propose a modest experiment: for the 8.3 development cycle, let's try to agree (in the next month or so) on a roadmap of what major features should be in 8.3 and who will make each one happen. Well, I think the what is more important that the who -- we can switch whos if that's what