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 what it takes to make the "what" happen. Likely, we will have to.
> A year from now,
> 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 longer needing to waste bandwidth arguing about it.
Great. I think we have some volunteers to put a tool online to track
volunteers, specifications and status.
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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco