Re: 8.5 release timetable, again

Robert Haas escribió:

> Of course I don't think we'd actually need to start a CommitFest quite
> as quickly as we did this time, because with a shorter release cycle
> there ought to be a lot less patches already accumulated by the time
> we release, especially if there are clearly defined tasks for
> developers to do during the beta period.  On the other hand, 8.4beta
> was arguably too short, since we missed some serious problems, so the
> picture above may be a bit too rosy.

Maybe what this says is that we need to get a "pre-beta" release out as
early as possible, just after finalizing the last commitfest, and before
the "open items" and Bruce-approved release note writing are sorted out.
Probably the last alpha release will fill that role.  Sadly, the greek
folk did not consider having a letter between alpha and beta :-(

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