On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>> As Dave Page pointed
>> out, other people have already started designing tools based on CVS
>> HEAD.
>
> Now is the time to decide, before the PostgreSQL beta is out. I understand
> the pain inflicted on tools, but I don't think that's a good reason to not
> change it. People using a beta version of pgAdmin will should understand
> that it's not final yet and there can be small glitches like that.
It's not about the changes the users see, it's about invalidating the
testing that's been done on the tools & interfaces and requiring last
minute changes to be made followed by re-testing. Because of the
unpredictability of the PostgreSQL release timing, we need to work in
advance of PostgreSQL to ensure tools are going to be ready on release
day, because I'm sure you wouldn't want to delay to allow us to catch
up. For a significant percentage of the users, having a working set of
tools and interfaces with the server release is a essential.
--
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com