We are coasting to the March 1 release date.  No show-stoppers, assuming
Thomas finishes the new manuals.

We have a lot of nice effort go into the release, with many people
involved, and some really heavy coding.  Seems we did all the easy
coding in previous releases, so this release required the hard work, and
we have some heavy-duty features/fixes to show for it.

Also seems like we have more 'expert' developers now than we ever had
before.  And we haven't really lost any big developers since we started
with PostgreSQL, except maybe Bryan Henderson.  I take this stability to
mean we are managing things well, and the effort is well co-ordinated
and fruitful.

And I feel the features in 6.3, especially subselects, bring us up one
wrung on the database ladder.

-- 
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  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  (610) 353-9879(w)
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  (610) 853-3000(h)

Sat, 28 Feb 1998 00:09:20 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Coasting to 6.3 release
On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> We have a lot of nice effort go into the release, with many people
> We are coasting to the March 1 release date.  No show-stoppers, assuming
> Thomas finishes the new manuals.

	And nobody asking me for a postponement...yet :)

> Also seems like we have more 'expert' developers now than we ever had
> before.  And we haven't really lost any big developers since we started
> with PostgreSQL, except maybe Bryan Henderson. 

	And, he's proven a few times in this release that he's still out
there lurking :)

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 


Sat, 28 Feb 1998 01:40:18 -0400 (AST)
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > We have a lot of nice effort go into the release, with many people
> > We are coasting to the March 1 release date.  No show-stoppers, assuming
> > Thomas finishes the new manuals.
> 
>         And nobody asking me for a postponement...yet :)

Did you keep fingers crossed ? :)
Alvin (alvin@camberlo.demon.co.uk) still gets ASSERT for some
queries. He posted me new test data and I'll try it now.
I mostly believe that problem caused by using indices in inner
plan of MergeJoin. Hope to fix it soon...

Vadim

Sat, 28 Feb 1998 19:07:49 +0700
"Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release
On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Also seems like we have more 'expert' developers now than we ever had
> before.  And we haven't really lost any big developers since we started
> with PostgreSQL, except maybe Bryan Henderson.  I take this stability to
> mean we are managing things well, and the effort is well co-ordinated
> and fruitful.
>
Not to diminish the significance of Bruce's remarks, but I think 2
additional factors are also at work:
	1)Success builds on success.  The better the software, the more
likely someone will use it --> The more likely someone will find a bug
or need a new feature and have the skills and desire to fix it.

	2)Related to #1.  Inclusion of pgsql in some major linux
distributions is drawing in more developers and users.  This effect
seems to be far more powerful than the apparent boost derived from the
book publication that spurred development of v6.2
 
Marc (not-to-be-confused-with-Hermit-Hacker) Zuckman
marc@fallon.classyad.com



Sat, 28 Feb 1998 08:34:24 -0500 (EST)
Marc Howard Zuckman <marc@fallon.classyad.com>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release
Just fixed using indices in inner plan of MergeJoin.

Vadim

Sat, 28 Feb 1998 21:08:26 +0700
"Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release
> 
> On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > We have a lot of nice effort go into the release, with many people
> > We are coasting to the March 1 release date.  No show-stoppers, assuming
> > Thomas finishes the new manuals.
> 
> 	And nobody asking me for a postponement...yet :)

A major feat.

> 
> > Also seems like we have more 'expert' developers now than we ever had
> > before.  And we haven't really lost any big developers since we started
> > with PostgreSQL, except maybe Bryan Henderson. 
> 
> 	And, he's proven a few times in this release that he's still out
> there lurking :)

Good point.

-- 
Bruce Momjian                          |  830 Blythe Avenue
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us              |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  (610) 353-9879(w)
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  (610) 853-3000(h)

Sat, 28 Feb 1998 09:34:46 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release
> 
> Just fixed using indices in inner plan of MergeJoin.

Added to HISTORY list.

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Bruce Momjian                          |  830 Blythe Avenue
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us              |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  (610) 353-9879(w)
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  (610) 853-3000(h)

Sat, 28 Feb 1998 09:57:17 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release
On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Vadim B. Mikheev wrote:

> Did you keep fingers crossed ? :)

	Always :)

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 


Sat, 28 Feb 1998 15:03:48 -0400 (AST)
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Re: [HACKERS] Coasting to 6.3 release