Thread: PostgreSQL 16 Release Management Team & Feature Freeze

Hi,

We are pleased to announce the Release Management Team (RMT) (cc'd) for
the PostgreSQL 16 release:

    - Alvaro Herrera
    - Amit Kapila
    - Jonathan Katz

You can find information about the responsibilities of the RMT here:

    https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Release_Management_Team

Additionally, the RMT has set the feature freeze to be **April 8, 2023 
at 0:00 AoE**[1]. This is the last time to commit features for 
PostgreSQL 16. In  other words, no new PostgreSQL 16 feature can be 
committed after April 8, 2023 at 0:00 AoE.

You can track open items for the PostgreSQL 16 release here:

    https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_16_Open_Items

Finally, the Release Team is considering making April 8 0:00 AoE the 
standard feature freeze date/time for future years. This has been the 
cutoff over the past several years, and standardizing will give 
predictability to when the feature development cycle ends. If you have 
reasons why this should not be the case, please voice your concerns.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

On behalf of the PG16 RMT,

Jonathan

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 9:35 AM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> You can track open items for the PostgreSQL 16 release here:
>
>     https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_16_Open_Items

The wiki page references April 8th, 2022, btw.

Roberto

On 3/21/23 1:17 PM, Roberto Mello wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 9:35 AM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> wrote:
>>
>> You can track open items for the PostgreSQL 16 release here:
>>
>>      https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_16_Open_Items
> 
> The wiki page references April 8th, 2022, btw.

Fixed :) Thanks!

Jonathan

On 3/21/23 11:35 AM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:

> Additionally, the RMT has set the feature freeze to be **April 8, 2023 
> at 0:00 AoE**[1]. This is the last time to commit features for 
> PostgreSQL 16. In  other words, no new PostgreSQL 16 feature can be 
> committed after April 8, 2023 at 0:00 AoE.

This is a reminder that feature freeze is rapidly approach. The freeze 
begins at April 8, 2023 at 0:00 AoE. No new PostgreSQL 16 features can 
be committed after this time.

Thanks,

Jonathan

On 4/6/23 5:37 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 3/21/23 11:35 AM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> 
>> Additionally, the RMT has set the feature freeze to be **April 8, 2023 
>> at 0:00 AoE**[1]. This is the last time to commit features for 
>> PostgreSQL 16. In  other words, no new PostgreSQL 16 feature can be 
>> committed after April 8, 2023 at 0:00 AoE.
> 
> This is a reminder that feature freeze is rapidly approach. The freeze 
> begins at April 8, 2023 at 0:00 AoE. No new PostgreSQL 16 features can 
> be committed after this time.

The feature freeze for PostgreSQL 16 has begun.

Thank you everyone for all of your hard work and contributions towards 
this release! Now we can begin to prepare for the beta period.

Thanks,

Jonathan