Re: 8.0.X and the ARC patent

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.

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