Re: damage control mode

On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 08:46 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:

> it seems much better to me to have the rule than not

I think we can overplay the need for lots of rules here and the need to
chase up status every 5 minutes.

The first problem, in previous years, was patches spent too long on the
patch queue. That is now solved, AFAICS, at least to my satisfaction. 

The second problem was spending >4 months on code consolidation at last
commitfest before we go to beta. We are unlikely to avoid that just by
saying "it will be two weeks"; trying to force it will cause arguments,
waste developer time and possibly endanger code quality. AFAICS we are
on track for a much improved situation than before and I'm personally
happy with that also.

Quality > Completeness > Timeliness, IMHO.

-- Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com