Re: Call for 7.5 feature completion

On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 09:30, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 02:46:38PM -0400, Jan Wieck wrote:
>
> > fact that checkpoints, vacuum runs and pg_dumps bog down their machines
> > to the state where simple queries take several seconds care that much
> > for any Win32 port? Do you think it is a good sign for those who have
>
> Yes. I am one such person, but from the marketing side of things, I
> understand perfectly well what failing to deliver on Win32 again will
> cost. It's not important to _me_, but that doesn't mean it's
> unimportant to the project.
>

My primary fear about delivering Win32 with all of these other great
features is that, IMO, there is a higher level of risk associated with
these advanced features. At the same time, this will be the first trial
for many Win32 users. Should there be some problems, in general, or
worse, specific to Win32 users as it relates to these new features, it
could cost some serious Win32/PostgreSQL community points. A troubled
release which is experienced by Win32 users is going to be a battle cry
for MySQL.

I've been quietly hoping that these great new features would become
available a release before Win32 was completed. That way, a shake down
would occur before the Win32 audience got a hold of it. Which, in turn,
should make for a great Win32 experience.

I guess my point is, if these other features don't make it into 7.5 and
Win32 does, that might still be a "good thing" for the potential Win32
market. Granted, if I was a developer on one of these big features and
it didn't make it, I too would be fairly disappointed. Yet, once we get
a release out with Win32, it should help give everyone a feel for the
ability to actually support this new audience and platform. If there is
a large influx of users compounded by problems, I suspect it's again,
going to reflect poorly on the PostgreSQL community.

...just some ramblings....

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