Re: commit fests - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: commit fests
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Msg-id 4B5A4E25.5020308@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: commit fests  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Another problem is that it's very debatable whether users (as opposed
> to developers) want a fast release cycle.  Some of that reluctance to
> update might dissipate if we had a better upgrade-in-place story, but
> by no means all of it.  People don't want to have to retest their
> applications every six months.
>
>
>   

Or even more than once every few years. This is a consideration that is 
often ignored in our discussions, unfortunately.

cheers

andrew


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