X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C30DD1B4F5 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:27:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 91363-03 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:26:52 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DD4BD1B579 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:26:49 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2D4F734045; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:24:21 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C84D33DB7; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:24:21 -0400 (AST) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:24:21 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: PostgreSQL Development Subject: Re: Release cycle length In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20031117202346.M731@ganymede.hub.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/892 X-Sequence-Number: 47180 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > The time from release 7.3 to release 7.4 was 355 days, an all-time high. > We really need to shorten that. We already have a number of significant > improvements in 7.5 now, and several good ones coming up in the next few > weeks. We cannot let people wait 1 year for that. I suggest that we aim > for a 6 month cycle, consisting of approximately 4 months of development > and 2 months of cleanup. So the start of the next beta could be the 1st > of March. What do you think? That is the usual goal *nod* Same goal we try for each release, and never quite seem to get there ... we'll try 'yet again' with v7.5 though, as we always do :)