Re: [HACKERS] When is 7.0 going Beta?

What do we have now for a v6.6?  I'm not against, just wondering if we
have enough to warrant a v6.6, that's all...

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > I am concerned about a May release.  That puts us at almost a year from
> > the last major release in mid-June.  That is too long.  Seems like we
> > should have some release around February.
> 
> Let's list the 7.0 items:
> 
>             Foreign Keys    - Jan
>             WAL             - Vadim
>             Function args   - Tom
>             System indexes  - Bruce
>             Date/Time types - Thomas
>             Optimizer       - Tom
>     
>             Outer Joins     - Thomas?
>             Long Tuples     - ?
> 
> None of these are done, except for the system indexes, and that is a
> small item.  It seems everyone wants a grand 7.0, but that is months
> away.
> 
> I propose we go into beta on 6.6 Jan 1, with final release Feb 1.  We
> certainly have enough for a 6.6 release.
> 
> I recommend this so the 6.5.* enhancements are accessible to users now,
> rather than waiting another severel months while we add the above fancy
> features.
> 
> Also, I have never been a big fan of huge, fancy releases because they
> take too long to become stable.  Better for us to release what we have
> now and work out those kinks.
> 
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