Re: Release cycle length

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>

From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-11-18T00:24:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> The time from release 7.3 to release 7.4 was 355 days, an all-time high.
> We really need to shorten that.  We already have a number of significant
> improvements in 7.5 now, and several good ones coming up in the next few
> weeks.  We cannot let people wait 1 year for that.  I suggest that we aim
> for a 6 month cycle, consisting of approximately 4 months of development
> and 2 months of cleanup.  So the start of the next beta could be the 1st
> of March.  What do you think?

That is the usual goal *nod*  Same goal we try for each release, and never
quite seem to get there ... we'll try 'yet again' with v7.5 though, as we
always do :)