Re: Plan for feature freeze?

On Sat, 1 May 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> We should also think about what exactly we mean by "feature freeze".
>
> > As I remember, feature freeze means no new features, just fixes, and
> > beta means release of the first beta that we want for wide testing.
>
> I guess I wasn't clear: what I was asking for was some discussion about
> the criteria we should use for advancing to each of those phases.  In
> particular it's not real clear what "just fixes" should be interpreted
> to allow for.  The remaining work for Win32 could all be called "just
> fixes" since it will not add any user-visible "features".

I think its the scope (or maybe risk?) of the 'fixes' that tends to be the
deciding point ... for instannce, the sync/fsync work you've committed to
for the Win32 stuff, IMHO, is a very large "fix" that I'd not like to see
happen while in Beta ...


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