From: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Release notes introductory text
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:50:05 -0700
Message-ID: <1192135805.5243.8.camel@dell.linuxdev.us.dell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200710112004.l9BK4eq03596@momjian.us>
References: <200710112004.l9BK4eq03596@momjian.us>
On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 16:04 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have added the following introductory paragraph to the release notes:
>
> This release represents a major leap forward by adding significant new
> functionality and performance enhancements to
> <productname>PostgreSQL</>. Many complex ideas that normally take years
> to implement were added rapidly to this release by our development team.
> This release starts <productname>PostgreSQL</> on a trajectory moving
> beyond feature-parity with other database systems to a time when
> <productname>PostgreSQL</> will be a technology leader in the database
> field.
Frankly, this sounds like empty hyperbole to me. There is a LOT of work
left to do before we reach feature parity with the major players, let
alone become a "technology leader in the database field". I would
personally vote for just saying that this release brings with it a lot
of useful new features and performance improvements, and leave it up to
the reader to decide whether we're on a "trajectory moving beyond
feature-parity".
If you want to compare where we are with the major players, I think it
would be more accurate to say that we're doing fairly well on OLTP
oriented features, but there is a lot of work left on OLAP
functionality.
-Neil
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