Re: commit fests
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-01-23T01:17:25Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote: > Another problem is that it's very debatable whether users (as opposed > to developers) want a fast release cycle. Some of that reluctance to > update might dissipate if we had a better upgrade-in-place story, but > by no means all of it. People don't want to have to retest their > applications every six months. > > > Or even more than once every few years. This is a consideration that is often ignored in our discussions, unfortunately. cheers andrew