The PostgreSQL 9.6 release management team has determined that PostgreSQL 9.6beta1 should wrap on May 9, 2016 for release on May 12,2016, subject to the availability of the packaging team to perform a release at that time. The release management team believes that there are no currently-known problems which are both severe enough to justify postponing beta and complex enough that they cannot be resolved in advance of that date. The release management team will reconsider these dates if new and serious issues are reported which make it seem imprudent to ship a beta during that week. This is the same week during which minor releases for existing back-branches are scheduled to go out, so this would mean doing 9.6beta1 at the same time we do back-branches.
The release management team encourages all community members to add any known issues which should be addressed before the final release of PostgreSQL 9.6 to https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.6_Open_Items - community members who lack edit access should follow the directions at https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/WikiEditing in order to obtain it. The RMT will determine which of these open items, if any, are beta blockers; which are issues that need to be addressed before final release; and which do not need to be addressed for PostgreSQL 9.6. The RMT does not encourage adding missing features or bugs in already-released versions to this list; but if there is even a possibility that an issue might be new in PostgreSQL 9.6, the RMT encourages community members to be bold in adding that issue to the list so that it may be properly tracked and considered by the RMT. Robert Haas PostgreSQL 9.6 Release Management Team -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
