Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> writes:
> > > The scenario that's appealing to me the most is this for the next release:
> > > PostgreSQL 8.0
> > > + Includes PITR and the Win32 port
> >
> > If the folks doing those things can get done in time, great.  I'm even
> > willing to push out the release schedule (now, not later) to make it
> > more likely they can get done.  What I'm not willing to do is define
> > the release in terms of "it happens when these things are done".  We
> > learned the folly of that approach in 7.1 and 7.2.  Setting a target
> > date and sticking to it works *much* better.
>
> Well, we had that 7.4 discussion a few days ago, and only had two people
> comment on our scheduling.  At that time, the discussion was for 7.4
> beta starting May 1 vs June 1.  June 1 would be roughly six months from
> our 7.3 final release, which is typical.
>
> I agree with Tom that we should decided sooner rather than later on a
> beta date.  Right now I don't think we have enough to must-have features
> to justify a release, and as everyone knows, an upgrade isn't easy for
> our users.
>
> I also agree with Tom that we shouldn't peg our beta schedule on specific
> features.
>
> So, what should we do?  Should we go another month or two and just wait
> until we have enough must-have features?  While not waiting on specific
> features, it _is_ waiting for something to warrant a release.  I guess
> the big question is whether we release on a scheduled-basis or a
> enough-features-basis.

Schedualed basis ... if we released on an 'enough features basis', I could
see alot longer then 6 mos between releases happening very quickly ... we
have enough problems staying within the scheduale as it is, let alot
moving it to a 'sliding scale' ...