Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I know that this would be completely out of the norm. However, would it
>> be worth considering having a mid cycle release for 8.3?
>>
>> Basically the release would focus on:
>>
>> Updateable views
>> Bitmap indexes
>> Recursive queries
>>
>> We would release in June?
>
> Interesting idea but we already have one of the fastest release cycles
> of all database systems and some people would like to see a larger cycle.
I really don't care about other database systems. I care about
postgresql :). That is also why I wanted to limit the features set
specifically.
> In addition to that this plan might hold back some people from upgrading
> to 8.2 which solves quite a few critical issues with features we
> marketed/introduced during the past 8.x cycles and are really getting
> polished and usable now (partitioning,pitr,...) and 8.2 gives quite a
> nice performance boost for a lot of workloads too.
>
I frankly won't see many people migrate to 8.2. Most of my customers
will wait for 8.3 anyway. (except new business of course).
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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