Re: 9.2 release schedule

I wrote:
> Peter Geoghegan <peter(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> On 21 July 2012 08:08, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> What are our plans for a 9.2 final release date? If we wait until
> September 1 to release our first release candidate, we will probably not
> release final until mid/late September. Is that what we want?

>> Personally I had hoped to see an earlier release date than that.

> Me too, but we are running out of time ... it's already late July.

> I think the immediate goal must be to clear the list of open issues
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.2_Open_Items
> and then get another beta out.

It looks like the most optimistic schedule we could possibly make,
assuming no show-stopper bugs are reported, is:

* Wrap beta3 on August 2 for release Monday Aug 6

* RC1 two weeks later (release Aug 20)

* 9.2.0 two weeks after that (release Sept 3)

Now that schedule isn't actually going to work so far as the USA
contingent is concerned, because Sept 3 is Labor Day. But we could
figure that there's room for one week's slip in there, either for
RC1 or final, giving us a release date of Sept 10.

Again, this is assuming no major bugs are found to force more slippage
or additional betas/RCs. But I think it's reasonable to shoot for
If All Goes Well.

Comments, objections?

regards, tom lane