Re: 8.0.X and the ARC patent

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 02:47 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 18:17 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> For development, this means we will _not_ have a shortened, non-initdb
> >>> 8.1 release but a regular release cycle with the typical big batch of
> >>> features.
> >>
> >> Might we set a rough date for Beta freeze for 8.1 then?
> >>
> >> September 30th 2005 ?
> >>
> >> I see only benefit from publishing a not-before date now. It's up to
> >> Core if it slips, but it'll really help with gaining funding if people
> >> can accurately determine whether or not features can be added for
> >> inclusion in the next release. There are lots of potential donors
> >> waiting, so lets give them some certainty about which release their
> >> payback will occur in....
> >
> > Yea, probably September, but you can't dump a huge feature on us in
> > August either without having talked about it first, so knowing the date
> > might not be that helpful.
>
> I thought we were looking at a 12-18 month cycle for 8.1? Which would put
> beta around January '06, no?

I'm happy with Core taking this decision, I'd just like to know +/- 1
month when that date is, i.e. which quarter of which year.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs