Re: Not ready for 8.3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Oleg Bartunov |
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Subject | Re: Not ready for 8.3 |
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Msg-id | Pine.LNX.4.64.0705152210290.12152@sn.sai.msu.ru Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Not ready for 8.3 ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
We have new patch available http://www.sigaev.ru/misc/tsearch_core-0.47.gz to sync with CVS HEAD. Oleg On Tue, 15 May 2007, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: >> Based on our progress during this feature freeze, we will not complete >> the feature freeze until August/September. I think we need adjust >> expectations about an 8.3 release date, and decide if we want to >> radically change our work process. >> >> Basically, to make a release anywhere near July, we need 10x more >> progress than we have had, which is unlikely. > > Or we have another short release cycle, basically accepting what we have now > that can be worked through in the next 3 weeks and committed. If it can't be > done in that time, it waits. Then we have beta etc... > >> >> We could ship what is in CVS now, but that just pushes the patches for >> 8.4, and isn't fair to patch submitters. We could shove what we have >> now into CVS, but that is unwise. > > Sure it is, if we have a short release cycle. There are plenty of things out > there that are not quite ready yet, that could be if we released again next > January... > > >> >> I think the only other thing we _could_ do is to re-open normal 8.3 >> development, so we aren't hampering updates to trivial parts of the >> code. Many of the patches now in the queue had been developed for months > > Gah, that sounds like a horrible solution. Sorry Bruce. > >> >> The question is whether it is healthy for us to remain in feature freeze >> for months, and if it is unhealthy, what are our options? >> >> Patch status: >> >> http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php/Todo:PatchStatus > > If... this is actually a problem (I leave to other committers and reviewers > to comment) then I suggest we push all patches without a reviewer as of now > to 8.4. > > Leaving only those patches that have confirmed reviewers to be worked > through. > > FYI, whoever did that Todo:Patch status, Bravo! That is easily one of the > smallest but best improvements to the process I have seen in recent memory. > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org > Regards, Oleg _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, Research Scientist, Head of AstroNet (www.astronet.ru), Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(495)939-16-83, +007(495)939-23-83
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