Re: 8.5 release timetable, again

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 04:22:58PM -0400, Jonah H. Harris wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:53 PM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>
> > > I would appreciate it if somebody could send out some messages
> > > of calm, while I/we work. The time for open review will come
> > > around soon enough.
> >
> > With all due respect, the time for open review is now. You have
> > already tried closed development several times, and it each time
> > has been, more or less, a spectacular failure.
>
> Unlike Robert and Heikki, I don't see you contributing to or
> assisting Simon's work.

My assistance is of the form of actually getting it done. Simon's
work is absolutely fantastic, but only when the rest of the community
can actually help. When it shows up late, it actually hurts
everybody, most of all Simon.

> And, while I may be wrong, I doubt that you assisted in funding any
> of Simon's work on hot standby either. As such, it's my opinion
> that continuing to criticize him from the sidelines is not only
> rude, but is also a bad idea as it relates to his motivation in
> working on this feature.

If, "your past strategy has a track record of failure, go with a new
strategy, one pretty much universally adopted in PostgreSQL," will
demotivate someone, I can't help that, and I doubt it's actually true.
I'm trying to help here, and encouraging a failed strategy is not
helping.

Cheers,
David.
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