Re: 7.4?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Also, as discussed in 7.3, I vote against a feature freeze that is
> > significantly earlier (>2 weeks) from the start of beta.  We did that
> > for 7.2, and it paralized the end of the developement period.
>
> The problem there was not the feature freeze, it was that we kept
> slipping the beta date while we waited around for certain items
> to get done.  The lesson I take away from the past couple releases
> is that you set a target beta date and then stick to it; features
> that aren't in on time don't get extensions.

OK, let's follow that logic.  Do we have enough to justify a release
without any of those features?  I don't think so.

> In other words, we shouldn't be waving our hands and saying "there's
> still plenty of time for these things to happen for 7.4".  There's
> not, unless we go back to the previous philosophy of "we'll slip
> the release as long as it takes for something to happen".  I think
> it's past time to light a fire under the folks who are supposedly
> doing these items.

I do remember in 7.2 an attempt to come to a controlled slowdown 4-6
weeks before we even planned on starting beta.  The later problem was
that beta start was one month late, and then dragged, so there were
multiple problems with that release:  stop features late July, early
August; beta scheduled September 1, started October 1; then dragged
waiting for fixes rather than backing out features.

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