Re: Beta Schedule (was Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign)

Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

From: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-03-11T00:30:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> "Enough features" is such a judgment call that no one can predict what
> the schedule will be, if that's part of the decision.
> 
> I had been leaning to May 1 beta, but am happy to switch to June 1 if
> you feel that makes an improvement in the odds of completing the Windows
> port.  (I think it will also improve the odds of finishing this protocol
> stuff I've taken on...)  I don't want to see it pushed further than that
> without good concrete arguments for doing so.
> 

FWIW, if we're voting, I'd say:

1. on "firm date" vs "when feature x is ready": I vote "firm date" -- I 
know that last August the firm beta start date motivated me to get some 
things done that I would have dragged out without the scheduled cutoff.

2. June 1 beta cutoff sounds about right.

Joe