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 A71C1D1C9BB for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:46:51 +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 80696-08 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:46:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 46A03D1C96C for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:46:20 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail 30313 invoked by uid 65534); 17 Nov 2003 23:46:22 -0000 Received: from dsl-082-082-166-244.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.2.136]) (82.82.166.244) by mail.gmx.net (mp010) with SMTP; 18 Nov 2003 00:46:22 +0100 X-Authenticated: #495269 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:46:38 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Eisentraut X-X-Sender: peter@peter.localdomain To: PostgreSQL Development Subject: Release cycle length Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/888 X-Sequence-Number: 47176 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? -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net