Re: 8.4 release planning

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, "Jonah H. Harris" <jonah.harris@gmail.com>, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-01-27T01:42:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 20:28 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 19:21 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Then why has *nobody* stepped up to review the design, much less the
> >> whole patch?
> 
> > It was only today that I saw an announcement go out to our announce list
> > to try and get people to pop their heads up and help. It looks like
> > today is the day that someone actually reached out to the SELinux folks
> > and asked for help.
> 
> Hmm, you think selinux people read pgsql-announce? 

*shrug* they very well might if they are also postgres people.

>  But seriously,
> we *have* been trying to get people's attention for this patch, both
> inside and outside the postgres community, for well over a year now.
> The lack of response has been depressing and (IMHO) telling.  Nowhere
> have we gotten anything more concrete than "ooh, that's cool ... maybe
> I might use it someday, but I can't be bothered right now".

Well that is certainly unfortunate. If the very community that invented
the tech isn't willing to help.... :(

Joshua D. Drake

> 
> 			regards, tom lane
> 
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