Re: 8.4 release planning (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules)

Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> As for when it *will* be committable --- Heikki is saying two weeks
>> if no new problems crop up, but given the rate at which new problems
>> have been found so far, what are the odds of that?  We've seen this
>> movie before.
>>
>> Since it's going to take us two weeks to clean up the other loose ends
>> anyway, there's no harm in letting Simon and Heikki try to complete the
>> patch by then.  But I'll happily lay a side bet with you about what the
>> situation will be two weeks from now.
> 
> I think Tom wins this bet, since it's now been four weeks.  In fact,
> he was being optimistic: the loose ends aren't cleaned up either
> (based on a review of the wiki, we're about half way there: six
> patches have been committed in the intervening time and seven remain
> in the queue).

Agreed. Simon has finished the pending items he had four weeks ago, but 
the code clearly isn't ready for commit yet as new issues are cropping 
up. And I think the way subtransactions are handled, which has been a 
difficult part of the patch all along, still needs more thinking.

--   Heikki Linnakangas  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com