Re: The features I'm waiting for.

David Garamond wrote:
> scott.marlowe wrote:
> > For me, the only features I'm likely to use in the upcoming releases are
> > nested transactions. While PITR is a great selling point, and the Windows
> > Port is something I do look forward to, having to do half my job
> > programming windows boxes, nested transactions are a feature I can
> > genuinely use in my daily (maybe weekly??? :-) life.
> >
> > While a focus on things that make postgresql more market acceptable are
> > important, the things that make it more feature complete to me as a user
> > are the things I'd gladly wait an extra month or two for.
> >
> > But I'm not programming any of the code, so I'm just sayin'...
>
> I'm sure everybody has their own favorite feature. But I can say quite
> confidently that the upcoming release contains the most number of highly
> anticipated features ever. Nested transaction, 2-phase commit, Windows
> port... I mean these are all major stuffs. They are paving the way of
> deployments of Postgres in new areas and applications. Plus don't forget
> all the other sweet goodies like autovacuum and PITR.
>
> But the next release could also be the buggies version ever, due to the
> number of these new features. :-)

The point is that if we stay to the June 1 feature freeze, you will not
have all those features in 7.5, only a few of them.

--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 359-1001
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road
+ Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073