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Re: 8.4 release planning

Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>

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From: Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, jd@commandprompt.com, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Date: 2009-01-29T15:22:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thursday 29 January 2009 08:39:48 Gregory Stark wrote:
> I wish we could get rid of the whole concept and stigma of being "bumped"
> your patch will be released in the next release after it's committed. What
> does it matter if there's been another release since you started or not?
>

This is the whole point. It isn't that there is a stigma to getting bumped; It 
matters becase missing a release means 12-14 months before your feature will 
be released, even when it takes far less time than that to complete the work. 
That 12-14 month delay has real implications on a number of levels for users 
and developers. 

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Robert Treat
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