Re: damage control mode

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: damage control mode
Date: 2010-01-12 00:52:51
Message-ID: 1263257571.27367.48.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com
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On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 19:50 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > I'll also say: if we can't make time-based releases work, we're probably
> > dead as a project. MySQL and Ingres both tried feature-based releases,
> > and look where they are now.
>
> That is a simplification. We have always done time-based releases with
> adjustments for feature/stability. If we can't factor stability
> concerns into the release timetable, we will end up like MySQL.

No, not really.

Joshua D. Drake

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