Re: commit fests (was Re: primary key error message)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: commit fests (was Re: primary key error message)
Date: 2010-01-22 14:10:54
Message-ID: 603c8f071001220610i612d7b98y1bfba8aa72ca25dd@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On tor, 2010-01-21 at 18:05 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Well, we used to have the idea of a feature freeze ... is that going
>> to apply at the end of the commitfest?
>
> Feature freeze was used to discourage the submission of very big patches
> shortly before beta.  The commit fest process has IMO alleviated this
> concern.  Beta is still the definite cutoff; and the closer we get to
> beta, the smaller the acceptable changes become.  I think that formula
> basically applies throughout the entire cycle.

I'm not sure whether you're stating a position that's been agreed to
by -core or some other group, or just expressing your own opinion, but
I think feature freeze should be the beginning of the last CommitFest,
not the end.

...Robert

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