Re: 8.4 release planning - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: 8.4 release planning
Date
Msg-id 200901290531.n0T5V1U27894@momjian.us
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In response to Re: 8.4 release planning  (KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>)
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KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > OK, time for me to chime in.
> > 
> > I think the outstanding commit-fest items can be broken down into four
> > sections:
> > 
> >     o  Log streaming
> >     o  Hot standby
> >     o  SE-PostgreSQL
> >     o  Others
> 
>   - snip -
> 
> > SE-PostgreSQL has been in steady development for a year so this is the
> > time to decide about it.  My feeling is if we don't accept it now, we
> > are never going to have SE-Linux or row-level security.  The next week
> > should show us the right direction when we start discussion on
> > Wednesday, noon GMT.
> 
> Hmm...?
> This conditional punishment of death seems to me not a reasonable one.
> If we can found a matter as a result of discussion, which is impossible
> to fix within reasonable term, I'll agree it being postponed to v8.5.
> However, why is the punishment of death necessary here?

What I meant was that this features is not going to get any better than
the work you have done, so if we reject it odds are we will never accept
it.

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