Judging by the number of new threads about development for 9.2, I think its time we declared 9.1 Beta. I just had a conversation with some Debian developers about how PostgreSQL 9.0 got pulled out of their release because we delayed by 3 weeks. So we missed our slot to deliver useful new features to our very best supporters by 2 years. I really hope that was deliberate.
I've never understood why we timebox useful development, yet tweaking is allowed to go on without limit. Personally, I don't see the rationale to allow developers some kind of priority over their input. This tweaking period is essentially a time when insiders can put their votes in, but nobody else can. Beta is where we get feedback from a wider audience. The sooner we declare Beta, the sooner people will test. Then we will have user feedback, bugs to fix etc.. Everybody is very clearly sitting idle. With a longer bug list we will make faster progress to release. We're just wasting time. If we had a hard date for feature freeze, lets have a hard date for Beta of +2 months (next time), and +2.5 months now. (I know +1 month was suggested, well that's just unrealistic). Beta is a great time to resolve difficult decisions, by opening the floor to wider debate and feedback. Delaying beta because we still have unresolved issues is exactly backwards of what we should be doing. Let's hear from a wider audience. Vox populi, vox dei -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
