Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Development Plans

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Am Freitag, 25. Februar 2005 15:42 schrieb Marc G. Fournier:
>> Based on past discussions on a 12 to 18 month dev cycle for 8.1, and based
>> on past track record, I'd say closer to the 18 month, so figure on June
>> '06, with freeze in January of '06 (12 month dev, 6 month beta) ...
>> subject to change, but I wouldn't expect a freeze until Jan '06, beta
>> period might be shorter though ...
>
> I certainly hope that this is wrong. I think the past cycles that saw major
> releases every 11 or 12 months were OK, albeit too long for my taste, but 18
> months is way too long both from the users' and the developers' point of
> view.

Hey, don't shoot the messenger ... I'm just going by what ppl have been
throwing around ... personally, I'd like to a see around an 8-12 month
cycle being the max ... Freeze in Sept, Rel January ... but, of course,
when Sept rolls aroound, there will be someone petitioning for an
extension to get this 'one last feature in', and someone else will rally
up for the cause, and ... 'k, I've gotten a bit jaded over the years? :)

But, 8-12 month seems to be a reasonable amount of time to aim for ... ?

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