Starting the 8.2 release process ...

All,

Well, it's that time again. In the next couple of days, we'll be starting to
draft the 8.2 release. Here's what needs to be done to draft the release:

THEME: Bruce has suggested "usability" since this is a bit of a
"consolidation" release, without a lot of big-name features. I'm not sure
about that but I don't have a counter-suggestion. Ideas?

QUOTES: We need at least two quotes, preferably including one about the theme
and one which highlights something cool in 8.2. I can probably get one from
Sun or a partner. Suggestions?

FEATURES: AFAICT, there are only four big-name features worth mentioning in
the release:
on-disk bitmap indexes
d-trace / GMF
stored procedure debugging
standby databases (new PITR)
Anyone know anything else? Performance (sort, joins, etc) improvements would
be worth mentioning but *only* if someone can attach a figure to them.

Based on the suggestions on this list, I'll throw a draft onto pgFoundry CVS
and we can take it from there.

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco