Re: 8.2 features status

-----Original Message-----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: 07/08/06 04:42
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 8.2 features status

> I'm constantly amazed at the way people get worked up about
> X-is-not-there *after* feature freeze. If you wanted it in 8.2,
> the time to be throwing resources at the problem was six months ago.
> It's not like Oleg and Teodor haven't let it be known that they
> could use financing.

The wxWidgets folks have a "bounty" page where potential sponsors can advertise features they want an how much they'll pay for them. Perhaps we should look at such a page, as well as the reverse where hackers can say "I'll do foo, but I need $500 to fund it".

Regards, Dave