Re: 8.4 release planning

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.4 release planning
Date: 2009-01-29 05:31:01
Message-ID: 200901290531.n0T5V1U27894@momjian.us
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KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > OK, time for me to chime in.
> >
> > I think the outstanding commit-fest items can be broken down into four
> > sections:
> >
> > o Log streaming
> > o Hot standby
> > o SE-PostgreSQL
> > o Others
>
> - snip -
>
> > SE-PostgreSQL has been in steady development for a year so this is the
> > time to decide about it. My feeling is if we don't accept it now, we
> > are never going to have SE-Linux or row-level security. The next week
> > should show us the right direction when we start discussion on
> > Wednesday, noon GMT.
>
> Hmm...?
> This conditional punishment of death seems to me not a reasonable one.
> If we can found a matter as a result of discussion, which is impossible
> to fix within reasonable term, I'll agree it being postponed to v8.5.
> However, why is the punishment of death necessary here?

What I meant was that this features is not going to get any better than
the work you have done, so if we reject it odds are we will never accept
it.

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