Re: 8.4 release planning (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules)

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 15:51 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:10 +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Updatable views is reverted. I agree that we should reject the rest and
> >> > prepare a release.
> >>
> >> That will send a fine message to those companies that have sponsored
> >> development work - that we will arbitrarily reject large patches that
> >> have been worked on following the procedures that we require.
> >
> > We are not subject to the whims of company sponsorship. We are not a
> > company with shareholders... Where have I heard that before?
>
> Not basing our release schedule on our commitments to shareholders is
> an entirely different thing to treating sponsors of major features
> like crap by arbitrarily bouncing the patches they've paid to have
> properly developed within the community process with no good reason.

Certainly but I haven't seen a suggestion to that. Updateable views has
as I have seen in threads, issues that can not be fixed in the
appropriately time line. If they can be fixed for 8.5 great.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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