Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Yes, but there is a downside to this. We have trouble enough figuring > > out if a patch is a "feature" or "bug fix" during beta. How are people > > going to decide if a feature is "big" or not to work on during August? > > It has a paralyzing effect on our developers. > > How is this any different then our other releases? I think you've totally > lost me as to where the problem is ... reading your above, you are > suggesting that ppl don't work on big projects during the month of August, > since it might not get in for the release? We've never advocated that > before, nor do I believe we should at this point ... in fact, I think its > about time we start dealing with beta using the tools that we have > available ...
In previous releases, we had this "it is too close to beta to add feature X" mentality, and I see Tom reiterating that in his email. It is the idea were are supposed to go into beta with a bug-free release that bother me. August is prime time for open-source development. Many countries have holidays, and business is slow, so people have time to work projects. Let's use that time to improve PostgreSQL, and leave beta for fixing. > Beta starts, we branch out a -STABLE vs -DEVELOPMENT branch in CVS ... we > release a beta1 and deal with bug releases as they come in, followed by a > beta2 until we are ready for release ... I think everyone is old enough > now to be able to decide whatfixed have gone into -STABLE that should be > reflected in -DEVELOPMENT, no? Our mistake last release wasn't how long > beta lasted, but how long we stalled development ... Agreed. Let's split sometime during beta as soon as we are ready to work on 7.4. Sooner and we just double-patch for no purpose, later and we stall development. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
