On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 07:48:36PM +0200, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2015-06-08 13:44:05 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I understand the overreaction/underreaction debate. Here were my goals > > in this discussion: > > > > 1. stop worry about the 9.5 timeline so we could honestly assess our > > software - *done* > > 2. seriously address multi-xact issues without 9.5/commit-fest pressure - > > *in process* > > 3. identify any other areas in need of serious work > > > > While I like the list you provided, I don't think we can be effective in > > an environment where we assume every big new features will have problems > > like multi-xact. For example, we have not seen destabilization from any > > major 9.4 features, that I can remember anyway. > > > > Unless there is consensus about new areas for #3, I am thinking we will > > continue looking at multi-xact until we are happy, then move ahead with > > 9.5 items in the way we have before. > > I think one important part is that we (continue to?) regularly tell our > employers that work on pre-commit, post-commit review, and refactoring > are critical for their long term business prospects. My impression so > far is that that the employer side hasn't widely realized that fact, and > that many contributors do the review etc. part in their spare time.
Agreed. My bet is that more employers realize it now than they did a few months ago --- kind of hard to miss all those minor releases and customer complaints. :-( -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
