Re: Mid cycle release?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> writes:
>> Point I want to make is - all those are cool features(and might be
>> critical for some) but I don't think they warrant a dramatic change in
>> the release cycle policy ...
> 
> Any release is going to have some things that are compelling and some
> that aren't, for any particular person ... it's just that those things
> vary depending on who you are ...

no doubt on that :-)

> 
> I was heard to gripe not long ago that feature freeze during August was
> bad timing.  It would be interesting to try to do it during the spring
> instead, just to see if people have more free time then.  So for me,
> +1 for a shorter-than-a-year cycle this time, independently of what
> features make it or don't.

well that is something I can agree too - it is mostly the "do a special
release for exactly those 3 features" I don't like that much ...


Stefan