Re: PostgreSQL 8.4 development plan

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>   
>> I would rather set a target and modify it if necessary based on 
>> experience than have none at all.
>>     
>
> We felt that we'd like to get a couple of fests under our belts before
> trying to nail down very many rules.  The process will get more
> formalized later, no doubt, but let's see what the actual problems are
> before guessing about how to fix them.
>
> The original draft listed the first commit fest as being in May, but
> we added a March fest in part to have a "practice run" without too much
> stuff being on the plate.
>
>     
>   

OK, that makes some sense, although I don't know about the "not much 
stuff on the plate". We presumably have quite a lot of stuff in the 
queue from the last 7  months or so.

cheers

andrew