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Re: damage control mode

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine@hi-media.com>, David Fetter <david@fetter.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-12T00:50:23Z
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> I'll also say: if we can't make time-based releases work, we're probably
> dead as a project.  MySQL and Ingres both tried feature-based releases,
> and look where they are now.

That is a simplification.  We have always done time-based releases with
adjustments for feature/stability.  If we can't factor stability
concerns into the release timetable, we will end up like MySQL.

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