Just did a quick search on archives, and the original plan was for a release in mid-2003, which means the beta would have been *at least* a month before that, so beta starting around May:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-11/msg00975.php On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > Marc G. Fournier writes: > > > > > 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 7.5 though, as we > > > always do :) > > > > I don't see how we could have tried for a 4-month development period and > > ended up with an 8-month period. Something went *really* wrong there. > > Part of that may have been that few people were actually aware of that > > schedule. > > Everyone on -hackers should have been aware of it, as its always > discussed at the end of the previous release cycle ... and I don't think > we've hit a release cycle yet that has actually stayed in the 4 month > period :( Someone is always 'just sitting on something that is almost > done' at the end that pushes it further then originally planned ... > > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]