Re: Call for 7.5 feature completion

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Yes, it was vague. The question is now that we are a month away, do
> >> we want to target June 1, mid-June, or July 1.
>
> > ... In short, speaking strictly from a win32
> > perspective, a June 1 date will probably be missed.
>
> Fair enough. Do you feel comfortable with either of the other dates?
>
> The point of this discussion is not so much to crack the whip as to get
> people's schedule expectations aligned. If we set a date X, those who
> can't possibly meet it will know to plan on getting into a later release
> instead, and those who can meet it if they hustle will know to start
> hustling. But we need to set a date. It's unfair to other parts of the
> project to say "oh, we'll wait till Win32 is ready and then give two
> weeks notice".

Well, looking at Win32, we are making steady progress, but it is
uncertain if we will make June 1, and we might not know even on May 15
if we will make that date, and if we don't know we have to either stick
to June 1 and ignore Win32 or extend to July 1. We can't decide on May
29 because then all the other features are left hanging to see what
happens with Win32.

I wonder if we should just pick July 1 because there is good expectation
based on current progress that Win32 will be done by June 15, which
would be the next cuttoff date. Of course we can wait until May 15 and
then decide.

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