Re: 8.2 features status

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 12:37:10AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > To me new things are like PITR, Win32, savepoints, two-phase
> > commit, partitioned tables, tablespaces. These are from 8.0 and
> > 8.1. What is there in 8.2 like that?
>
> [ shrug... ] Five out of your six items have no basis in the SQL
> spec. So it's not clear to me what your definition of "major
> feature" is, unless maybe it's "anything except what we did for
> 8.2". Can you enumerate ten things you would consider comparable to
> the above features that aren't done yet?

First, I'd like to say people are doing a fantastic job here. Kudos!

One huge thing missing from the "done" list is that crucial bit of
infrastructure and process that has shortened feedback loops--hence
the beta period--by weeks if not months: the build farm. It's now
smoothly integrated into the development process, and as a
consequence, we can realistically have a release each year. :)

As far as big missing features go, here's a short list:

* Splitting queries among CPUs--possibly even among machines--for OLAP
loads

* In-place upgrades (pg_upgrade)

* Several varieties of replication, which I believe we as a project
will eventually endorse and ship

* CALL

* WITH RECURSIVE

* MERGE

* Windowing functions

* On-the-fly in-line calls out to PL/your_choice without needing to
issue DDL

* Wild-eyed feral bits of the SQL standard like SQL/MED and SQL/XML

But all that leaves out the oldest, most honored Postgres tradition:

Breaking New Ground.

We're definitely not done yet. :)

Cheers,
D
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