Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 release
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Msg-id 16439.944807869@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to 6.6 release  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Seems foreign key ability would be enough to justify a 6.6.

Even without foreign keys, we have enough bugfixes in place to justify
a 6.6 release, I think.  If Jan can get some amount of foreign key
support working before Feb, that'd be a nice bonus --- but it's not
really necessary.

The way I see it, we should push what we have out the door, and then
settle in for a long slog on 7.0.  We need to do WAL, querytree
redesign, long tuples, function manager changeover, date/time type
unification, and probably a couple other things that I don't remember
at this time of night.  These are all appropriate for "7.0" because
they are big items and/or will involve some loss of backward
compatibility.  Before we start in on that stuff, it'd be good to
consolidate the gains we already have.  Almost every day I find myself
saying to someone "that's fixed in current sources".  7.0 is still
a long way away, so we ought to get the existing improvements out
to our users.

(In short, Bruce persuaded me: we ought to do a 6.6 cycle.)
        regards, tom lane


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