On Sat, 1 May 2004, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> We should also think about what exactly we mean by "feature freeze". > > > As I remember, feature freeze means no new features, just fixes, and > > beta means release of the first beta that we want for wide testing. > > I guess I wasn't clear: what I was asking for was some discussion about > the criteria we should use for advancing to each of those phases. In > particular it's not real clear what "just fixes" should be interpreted > to allow for. The remaining work for Win32 could all be called "just > fixes" since it will not add any user-visible "features".
I think its the scope (or maybe risk?) of the 'fixes' that tends to be the deciding point ... for instannce, the sync/fsync work you've committed to for the Win32 stuff, IMHO, is a very large "fix" that I'd not like to see happen while in Beta ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
