Re: [HACKERS] Features for next release

> Hmm. I see a problem coming up for myself :(
>
> I'm working on JOIN syntax and (hopefully) OUTER JOIN capabilities for
> the next release. That will take a lot of time afaik. We also have
> lots of great new features (almost certainly) coming up, such as WAL
> and RI. Lots of stuff, and taken together it should lead to a v7.0
> release.
>
> However! I've been waiting for v7.0 to do internal remapping of the
> datetime types (and possibly other types; I'm not remembering right
> now) so that the 4-byte TIMESTAMP becomes, internally, what is
> currently DATETIME and so that the current DATETIME becomes a synonym
> for TIMESTAMP. If we are releasing v7.0 rather than v6.6, then I
> should work on that now to ensure it is completed. If we might release
> as v6.6, I should continue to work on OUTER JOIN, since the type
> changes shouldn't go in yet.
>
> Any opinions/comments on the right path to take? With code changes and
> docs changes I would think that the datetime stuff is two or a few
> weeks work with my off-work time, which I suppose wouldn't impace a
> release schedule too much...

My guess is 7.0. With the minor releases still being made, Marc is in
no rush.

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