> The consensus view on this thread seems to be that we should have a
> time-based code freeze, but not a time-based release. No one has
> argued (and I sincerely hope no one will argue) that we should let the
> last CommitFest drag on and on, as we did for 8.4. However, many
> people are still eager to see us commit more large patches even though
> they know that there are stop-ship issues in CVS HEAD as a result of
> Hot Standby, and despite the fact that committing more large patches
> will likely add more such issues. So, barring the possibility that we
> somehow pull a collective rabbit out of our hat, we will NOT be ready
> for beta on March 1. I have not yet given up hope on April 1, but I
> wouldn't bet on it, either.
>
+1
Pavel