Re: 8.2 features status

-----Original Message-----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: 07/08/06 04:42
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 8.2 features status


> I'm constantly amazed at the way people get worked up about
> X-is-not-there *after* feature freeze.  If you wanted it in 8.2,
> the time to be throwing resources at the problem was six months ago.
> It's not like Oleg and Teodor haven't let it be known that they
> could use financing.

The wxWidgets folks have a "bounty" page where potential sponsors can advertise features they want an how much they'll
payfor them. Perhaps we should look at such a page, as well as the reverse where hackers can say "I'll do foo, but I
need$500 to fund it". 

Regards, Dave