| From: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dan Ports <drkp(at)csail(dot)mit(dot)edu>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, andrew <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, cbbrowne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>, greg <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers |
| Date: | 2011-04-21 15:37:46 |
| Message-ID: | 20110421153746.GB7856@rice.edu |
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:16:45AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> >> I think to really address that problem, you need to think about shorter
> >> release cycles overall, like every 6 months. Otherwise, the current 12
> >> to 14 month horizon is just too long psychologically.
>
> > I agree. I am in favor of a shorter release cycle.
>
> I'm not. I don't think there is any demand among *users* (as opposed to
> developers) for more than one major PG release a year. It's hard enough
> to get people to migrate that often.
In fact, I predict that the observed behavior would be for even more end
users to start skipping releases. Some already do - it's common not to
upgrade unless there's a feature you really need, but for those who do
stay on the 'current' upgrade path, you'll lose some who can't afford to
spend more than one integration-testing round a year.
Ross
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