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Re: damage control mode

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

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From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-12T00:52:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:50 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > I'll also say: if we can't make time-based releases work, we're probably
> > dead as a project.  MySQL and Ingres both tried feature-based releases,
> > and look where they are now.
> 
> That is a simplification.  We have always done time-based releases with
> adjustments for feature/stability.  If we can't factor stability
> concerns into the release timetable, we will end up like MySQL.

No, not really.

Joshua D. Drake



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