Re: 8.3 Development Cycle

Dave Page wrote:
> Following the recent discussion on this list and another on pgsql-core,
> we have decided that we would like to aim to meet the following schedule
> for the release of PostgreSQL 8.3:
> 
> April 1st 2007 - Feature freeze
> 
> May 1st 2007 - Beta 1 release
> 
> June 1st 2007 - Release
> 
> This will obviously be a short development cycle which will allow us to
> get some of the features that just missed 8.2 out of the door, as well
> as giving us the opportunity to try releasing before the summer (for
> those in the northern hemisphere) rather than after.
> 
> We are also aware that this is a tight timetable, however given the
> shorter development cycle we feel it is an achievable goal.
> 
> If anyone has any serious objections, please shout now!

Sounds fine, but announcing this now is almost certain to reduce the
number of people migrating to 8.2.  I am not saying we shouldn't
announce it now, but it is something I wanted to mention.

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