Re: 8.4 release planning

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.4 release planning
Date: 2009-01-27 01:42:42
Message-ID: 1233020562.6617.127.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org
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On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 20:28 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 19:21 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Then why has *nobody* stepped up to review the design, much less the
> >> whole patch?
>
> > It was only today that I saw an announcement go out to our announce list
> > to try and get people to pop their heads up and help. It looks like
> > today is the day that someone actually reached out to the SELinux folks
> > and asked for help.
>
> Hmm, you think selinux people read pgsql-announce?

*shrug* they very well might if they are also postgres people.

> But seriously,
> we *have* been trying to get people's attention for this patch, both
> inside and outside the postgres community, for well over a year now.
> The lack of response has been depressing and (IMHO) telling. Nowhere
> have we gotten anything more concrete than "ooh, that's cool ... maybe
> I might use it someday, but I can't be bothered right now".

Well that is certainly unfortunate. If the very community that invented
the tech isn't willing to help.... :(

Joshua D. Drake

>
> regards, tom lane
>
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