Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at> writes:
> > > > No comment on a planned 7.3 timeframe? :-(
> > >
> > > I think we are planning to go beta in late summer (end of August, say).
> > > Probably in July we'll start pressing people to finish up any major
> > > development items, or admit that they won't happen for 7.3. So we've
> > > still got a couple months of full-tilt development mode before we
> > > start to worry about tightening up for release.
> >
> > I am concerned about slowing down too early. We did that in previous
> > releases and didn't get the beta focus we needed, and it was too
> > paralyzing on people to know what is to be slowed and what to keep
> > going. I think a slowdown two weeks before beta would be fine.
>
> Other then personal slow downs, there is no reason for anything to "slow
> down" until beta itself starts ...
I assume Tom doesn't want a huge patch applied the day before beta, and
I can understand that, but patch problems usually appear within two
weeks of application, so I think we only have to worry about those last
two weeks. Of course, another option is to continue in full development
until the end of August, then start beta in September as soon as the
code is stable.
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