Re: 8.3 Development Cycle

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:bruce@momjian.us] 
>>> Sent: 22 September 2006 15:26
>>> To: Dave Page
>>> Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
>>> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 8.3 Development Cycle
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>       
>> Err right - if you had said this yesterday when we discussed the idea I
>> could have mentioned it in my message. Right around the time you said
>> "Go for it" would have been good :-)
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> I didn't think of it until today.  Sorry.  Personally, I don't like
> manipulating people by withholding information, so I still think we are
> doing the right thing.  I am just saying it might have that effect.
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>   

They will upgrade if they want the new features, as usual. I had dinner 
with 3 significant users yesterday and mentioned to them the new 
facility to add or drop inheritance on tables, and their reaction was 
along the lines of "When can I have it? I want it now!" They won't be 
deterred by the fact that the next dev cycle will be a bit shorter.

cheers

andrew