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Subject: Re: Release notes introductory text
From: Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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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