Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> >> That showed a January 1 beta release and a March 1 production
> >> release.
> >
> > Terminological problem. Around here, "release" *always* means
> > production release. We don't expect end users to be very interested
> > in pre-production versions.
>
> Well, I actually phrased it with managers here that 8.4 was scheduled
> to go to beta on January 1st, but that the actual release date was
> less predictable because the PostgreSQL community worries more about
> having a solid release than hitting a release date. Based on
> discussions on the hackers list, I actually had the impression that
> there would be a concerted effort to hit the beta date.
>
> But, yeah -- on this thread I got the dates confused a bit. I'm happy
> to see that the slippage was less severe than I had got myself
> thinking it was. A third of a year, rather than half.
And I have just posted that a lack of scheduled time for beta
preparation was one reason for the slippage.
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