Re: Plan for feature freeze?

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org, andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Plan for feature freeze?
Date: 2004-05-01 22:03:50
Message-ID: 20040501185953.B3089@ganymede.hub.org
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On Sat, 1 May 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> We should also think about what exactly we mean by "feature freeze".
>
> > As I remember, feature freeze means no new features, just fixes, and
> > beta means release of the first beta that we want for wide testing.
>
> I guess I wasn't clear: what I was asking for was some discussion about
> the criteria we should use for advancing to each of those phases. In
> particular it's not real clear what "just fixes" should be interpreted
> to allow for. The remaining work for Win32 could all be called "just
> fixes" since it will not add any user-visible "features".

I think its the scope (or maybe risk?) of the 'fixes' that tends to be the
deciding point ... for instannce, the sync/fsync work you've committed to
for the Win32 stuff, IMHO, is a very large "fix" that I'd not like to see
happen while in Beta ...

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