Re: a few thoughts on the schedule

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:19:29AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:32:03AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > We also need to start thinking about what happens after feature
> > freeze. The CommitFest application currently lists a 2015-06
> > CommitFest which, according to previous practice, would be expected to
> > start on the 15th of the month. Given where we are now, that seems
> > entirely unrealistic. I am doubtful that we will be ready to ship a
> > beta by mid-June, let alone begin a new development cycle.
>
> This is a very good analysis. I have been holding back my trivial new
> patches for 9.6 in hopes of setting a good example. However, all my
> stuff is new, while many of these other patches have waited their turn
> for review, and we are going to be unfair to submitters if we don't give
> them the attention they deserve --- that is always the tension we have
> at this time.
>
> We have three days left so I think we need committers to devote serious
> time, if possible, to helping us resolve as much as we can. If we start
> thinking about this on Friday, it is too late.

Let me put a finer point on this --- whatever gets pushed to 9.6
unreasonably will be a feature we don't have in 9.5 and will discourage
future development. I know we can't do magic, but now is the time to
try.

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