Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E36571337B34 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:24:53 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 50108-01 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:24:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outmail149062.authsmtp.com (outmail149062.authsmtp.com [62.13.149.62]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA42913364DE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:24:41 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail-c193.authsmtp.com (mail-c193.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.118]) by punt10.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id p17KOe26078492 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:24:41 GMT Received: from Sidney-Stratton.local (dsl081-245-111.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.245.111]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p17KOZxD066826 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:24:36 GMT Message-ID: <4D505503.2000508@agliodbs.com> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:24:35 -0800 From: Josh Berkus User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3pre) Gecko/20090223 Thunderbird/3.0b2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Sync Rep for 2011CF1 References: <1295127631.3282.100.camel@ebony> <4D397FE4.2020709@enterprisedb.com> <1295616270.1803.10799.camel@ebony> <4D39A761.1020105@enterprisedb.com> <1295629194.1803.11957.camel@ebony> <14761.1295633002@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1295703074.1803.19835.camel@ebony> <1297096419.1770.5824.camel@ebony> <21347.1297100595@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Quench: 4862a7ac-32f8-11e0-97bb-002264978518 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdyZgscClZXSx8a IioLCC5HRQ8+YBZL BAkbIhBDJB8JXA9S P1xBBkJUK0ETX1xC QjoVBBYDHl12RhUg ORVTbQRcckhOVQdu WktPDFRWCg1pHx4F AwAfUxhtdQBEfWFw KwZjWQskNgwOdUB7 SkxSW28CYWYubGgZ UhFfJlBJcwEcdgJE awV/SXoKMzcaZnpi RVFvbm9hYGwPPh5Y EEk+DXs5YmsxJQt0 fAEEFn0VEFVNSSIp Z0Z+cwc3Mh95 X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633136333939.1014:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201102/502 X-Sequence-Number: 181291 On 2/7/11 11:41 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > However, I don't want to prolong > the CommitFest indefinitely in the face of patches that the authors > are not actively working on or can't finish in the time available, or > where there is no consensus that the proposed change is what we want. > I believe that this, too, is a generally accepted principle in our > community, not something I just made up. +1. I, for one, would vote against extending beta if Sync Rep isn't ready yet. There's plenty of other "big features" in 9.1, and Sync Rep will benefit from having additional development time given the number of major spec points we only cleared up a few weeks ago. I think the majority of our users would prefer a 9.1 in May to one that has Sync Rep and is delivered in September. If they had a choice. Speaking of which, time to do some reviewing ... -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com