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: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-11-18T03:00:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Marc G. Fournier writes: > > > Right now, I believe we are looking at an April 1st beta, and a May 1st > > related ... those are, as always, *tentative* dates that will become more > > fine-tuned as those dates become nearer ... > > OK, here start the problems. Development already started, so April 1st is > already 5 months development. Add 1 month because no one is willing to > hold people to these dates. So that's 6 months. Then for 6 months of > development, you need at least 2 months of beta. So we're already in the > middle of July, everyone is on vacation, and we'll easily reach the 9 > months -- instead of 6. 'K, Sept 1st it is then ... sounds reasonable to me :)