From: | "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Release cycle length |
Date: | 2003-11-18 02:49:28 |
Message-ID: | 3FB988B8.1050904@zeut.net |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>Marc G. Fournier writes:
>
>
>>Right now, I believe we are looking at an April 1st beta, and a May 1st
>>related ... those are, as always, *tentative* dates that will become more
>>fine-tuned as those dates become nearer ...
>>
>>
>
>OK, here start the problems. Development already started, so April 1st is
>already 5 months development. Add 1 month because no one is willing to
>hold people to these dates. So that's 6 months. Then for 6 months of
>development, you need at least 2 months of beta. So we're already in the
>middle of July, everyone is on vacation, and we'll easily reach the 9
>months -- instead of 6.
>
>
Do you think that 2 months for beta is realistic? Tom announced feature
freeze on July 1.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-07/msg00040.php
So 7.4 took about 4.5 months to get from feature freeze to release. I
think feature freeze is the important date that developers of new
features need to concern themselves with.
I agree with Peter's other comment, that the longer the development
cycle, the longer the beta / bug shakeout period, perhaps a shorter dev
cycle would yield a shorter beta period, but perhaps it would also
result in a less solid release.
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