Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-09-01 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>> we will know whether this is a great thing we should continue, or we >>> should stick to our traditional laissez-faire style of project >>> management. I figure that even if it really sucks, it wouldn't kill us >>> to try it for one release cycle --- at the very worst, w

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus writes: >> I propose a modest experiment: for the 8.3 development cycle, let's try >> to agree (in the next month or so) on a roadmap of what major features >> should be in 8.3 and who will make each one happen. > Well, I think the what is more important that the who -- we can switch

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Josh Berkus
Tom, > I propose a modest experiment: for the 8.3 development cycle, let's try > to agree (in the next month or so) on a roadmap of what major features > should be in 8.3 and who will make each one happen. Well, I think the what is more important that the who -- we can switch "whos" if that's w

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Joshua D. Drake
we will know whether this is a great thing we should continue, or we should stick to our traditional laissez-faire style of project management. I figure that even if it really sucks, it wouldn't kill us to try it for one release cycle --- at the very worst, we'd make up lost time in future by no

Re: [HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Steve Atkins
On Aug 31, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Tom Lane wrote: [ hijacking this thread over to where the developers hang out ] Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom Lane wrote: It's pointless to suppose that individual developers would really be answerable to any project-wide management, since that's

[HACKERS] Roadmaps 'n all that

2006-08-31 Thread Tom Lane
[ hijacking this thread over to where the developers hang out ] Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> It's pointless to suppose that individual developers would really be >> answerable to any project-wide management, since that's not who they're >> paid by. So I tend to