All, > Yeah, conference-based releases is just a proxy for time-based > releases. It's nice to have something to be happy about at the > conference too. And it's a convenient time to start talking about the > next release when you're all face-to-face.
On the one hand: I'd say that we go for the 3-CF release. I think we need to prove that we can do a time-based release once before a lot of people on this list will believe in it. If we do 4 CFs, we're in danger of still being in beta in late May ... and once conference and vacation season start, things get a lot slower. Mind you, it's possible that we can shorten the final CF and beta this time, but I wouldn't want to count on it. If we *can* shorten them, then 8.6 can have 4CFs. But we won't know until after we've done it. On the other hand: I think if we do another release without Standby/replication, we'll start to lose a lot of users. People are waiting on that, and a lot of folks were expecting it in 8.4. Therefore: I think, 3CFs, but we go all-out to get Standby/Replication into 8.5 in the next month. So, every committer/major hacker on this list should pitch in to get those features done. So, is there someone here who could be helping with HS/SR and isn't? Why not? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers