Re: Release planning

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com> wrote:
>> I was thinking of something much simpler where Jan would create an
>> ARC patch against 7.4.X and have it either in /contrib for 7.4.X or
>> on our ftp servers, or on a web site. I could create a mechanism
>> so SELECT version() would display Jan's add-on.
>
> :-(
>
> I was asking to add the vacuum delayed patch to 7.4 months ago and
> the response was: why introduce instability to a stable release ? I
> hope the global consensus is a no way to procede also for ARC.

If, as you suggest, ARC is too immature to go in, then I presume that
would also imply that "global consensus" should also be that:

a) PITR is much too immature to put in;
b) Win32 is way too immature to put in;
c) NT is way too immature, as well;
d) Tablespaces are way too immature to be included.

Which eliminates all of the big, interesting reasons to upgrade to
7.5.

Or is ARC the only thing you regard as a misfeature? Interesting that
it was put into 7.5 _early_ in the process, so that everyone that has
lately touched the betas would be getting bitten pretty heavily if it
was laden with bugs...
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