Re: 8.0.X and the ARC patent

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 18:17 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> For development, this means we will _not_ have a shortened, non-initdb
>>> 8.1 release but a regular release cycle with the typical big batch of
>>> features.
>>
>> Might we set a rough date for Beta freeze for 8.1 then?
>>
>> September 30th 2005 ?
>>
>> I see only benefit from publishing a not-before date now. It's up to
>> Core if it slips, but it'll really help with gaining funding if people
>> can accurately determine whether or not features can be added for
>> inclusion in the next release. There are lots of potential donors
>> waiting, so lets give them some certainty about which release their
>> payback will occur in....
>
> Yea, probably September, but you can't dump a huge feature on us in
> August either without having talked about it first, so knowing the date
> might not be that helpful.

I thought we were looking at a 12-18 month cycle for 8.1?  Which would put 
beta around January '06, no?

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