Re: damage control mode

Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> ... I don't see much sense in worrying about it now; the 2 weeks between end 
> of CF and Beta are when we need to be cut-throat. Given that this time the 
> "must-have" feature is already in the tree, I think you will find people coming 
> around quickly to the side of pushing things out rather than fighting to get 
> things in.  

I think the other Robert's main point is that getting to beta in only
two weeks is ridiculously optimistic (which I'm afraid I agree with).
I believe that what he's proposing is tossing enough stuff overboard
so that we can finish the January CF in much less than a month, and
thereby have more time for alpha-level testing and stabilization of
the tree.

Now the other approach we could take is that we'll ship *something*
on 7 Mar, even if it's less stable than what we've traditionally
considered to be beta quality.  I don't think that really helps
much though; it just means we need more time in beta.
        regards, tom lane