David Garamond wrote: > scott.marlowe wrote: > > For me, the only features I'm likely to use in the upcoming releases are > > nested transactions. While PITR is a great selling point, and the Windows > > Port is something I do look forward to, having to do half my job > > programming windows boxes, nested transactions are a feature I can > > genuinely use in my daily (maybe weekly??? :-) life. > > > > While a focus on things that make postgresql more market acceptable are > > important, the things that make it more feature complete to me as a user > > are the things I'd gladly wait an extra month or two for. > > > > But I'm not programming any of the code, so I'm just sayin'... > > I'm sure everybody has their own favorite feature. But I can say quite > confidently that the upcoming release contains the most number of highly > anticipated features ever. Nested transaction, 2-phase commit, Windows > port... I mean these are all major stuffs. They are paving the way of > deployments of Postgres in new areas and applications. Plus don't forget > all the other sweet goodies like autovacuum and PITR. > > But the next release could also be the buggies version ever, due to the > number of these new features. :-)
The point is that if we stay to the June 1 feature freeze, you will not have all those features in 7.5, only a few of them. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend