Re: [HACKERS] 9.5 feature count
On 27 August 2015 at 23:20, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:13:19AM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> > wrote:
> > > Maybe there's a reasonable way to measure releases (my 8.0 is bigger
> > > than your 9.1!), but I don't think this is it.
> >
> >
> > I agree with the sentiment, but I don't think that anyone actually
> > thinks of it that way. Most people tend to think of a release in terms
> > of the big, exciting features, or the smaller features that happened
> > to scratch their particular itch.
>
> I agree. I think the count tells us how focused we are in working on a
> few big things or many small things, e.g. when we don't have many big
> features in a major release, the count tends to be high as we clean up
> previously-released big features.
>
Anything where Hot Standby == {one line changes in default settings} has
been distilled too far to draw any meaningful conclusions. They simply
reflect the editing style in use at that time, which has changed over time.
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Re: [HACKERS] 9.5 feature count
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:13:19AM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Alvaro Herrera > wrote: > > Maybe there's a reasonable way to measure releases (my 8.0 is bigger > > than your 9.1!), but I don't think this is it. > > > I agree with the sentiment, but I don't think that anyone actually > thinks of it that way. Most people tend to think of a release in terms > of the big, exciting features, or the smaller features that happened > to scratch their particular itch. I agree. I think the count tells us how focused we are in working on a few big things or many small things, e.g. when we don't have many big features in a major release, the count tends to be high as we clean up previously-released big features. -- Bruce Momjian 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
Re: [HACKERS] 9.5 feature count
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Maybe there's a reasonable way to measure releases (my 8.0 is bigger > than your 9.1!), but I don't think this is it. I agree with the sentiment, but I don't think that anyone actually thinks of it that way. Most people tend to think of a release in terms of the big, exciting features, or the smaller features that happened to scratch their particular itch. -- Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
Re: [HACKERS] 9.5 feature count
Bruce Momjian wrote: > I have run a script to count the number of "" items in the > major release notes of each major version of Postgres back to 7.4: > > 7.4280 > 8.0238 > 8.1187 > 8.2230 > 8.3237 > 8.4330 > 9.0252 > 9.1213 > 9.2250 > 9.3187 > 9.4217 > 9.5176 > > The 9.5 number will only change a little by 9.5 final. I think doing this kind of "analysis" can lead to bad incentives; should we split two items that are unrelated but touch similarly-sounding parts of the code, should we merge items that are actually pretty much the same thing? It's either pointless, because people in-the-know actually realizes that it doesn't actually mean anything, or confusing because people think that some releases are bigger than others because they have "more features". Maybe there's a reasonable way to measure releases (my 8.0 is bigger than your 9.1!), but I don't think this is it. -- Álvaro Herrerahttp://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
Re: [HACKERS] 9.5 feature count
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 02:12:16PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I have run a script to count the number of "" items in the > major release notes of each major version of Postgres back to 7.4: > > 7.4280 > 8.0238 > 8.1187 > 8.2230 > 8.3237 > 8.4330 > 9.0252 > 9.1213 > 9.2250 > 9.3187 > 9.4217 > 9.5176 > > The 9.5 number will only change a little by 9.5 final. FYI, all final releases have 5-10 listed major items which are repeats of other items, so the final 9.5 count will be slightly higher. -- Bruce Momjian 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
