Re: PG 18 relnotes and RC1

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 03:25:08PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> As I see it, while our feature freeze isn't perfect -- mostly because
> too many things get slipped in at the last minute that aren't really
> in great shape -- it's a lot better than the old process where nobody
> really knew what the deadline was. Similarly here, we should just
> agree on some deadline for when the PR and major feature tasks should
> get completed; and if you or whoever don't think you're going to be
> able to make those timelines, then we can either decide on someone
> else to do it or we can decide to move the deadline. Either way, if we
> do that, we're operating by consensus and a shared set of
> expectations.

I think we ought to set a deadline of, say, beta2 or beta3 and have the RMT
responsible for making sure it happens. Either of those releases would
still give us at least a month or so to address feedback before GA, but
they aren't so early as to require lots of rework due to last-minute
changes.

--
nathan