Re: [HACKERS] When is 7.0 going Beta?

What do we have now for a v6.6? I'm not against, just wondering if we
have enough to warrant a v6.6, that's all...

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > I am concerned about a May release. That puts us at almost a year from
> > the last major release in mid-June. That is too long. Seems like we
> > should have some release around February.
>
> Let's list the 7.0 items:
>
> Foreign Keys - Jan
> WAL - Vadim
> Function args - Tom
> System indexes - Bruce
> Date/Time types - Thomas
> Optimizer - Tom
>
> Outer Joins - Thomas?
> Long Tuples - ?
>
> None of these are done, except for the system indexes, and that is a
> small item. It seems everyone wants a grand 7.0, but that is months
> away.
>
> I propose we go into beta on 6.6 Jan 1, with final release Feb 1. We
> certainly have enough for a 6.6 release.
>
> I recommend this so the 6.5.* enhancements are accessible to users now,
> rather than waiting another severel months while we add the above fancy
> features.
>
> Also, I have never been a big fan of huge, fancy releases because they
> take too long to become stable. Better for us to release what we have
> now and work out those kinks.
>
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