[$] PostgreSQL: the good, the bad, and the ugly
The PostgreSQL development community is working toward the 9.5 release,
currently planned for the third quarter of this year. Development activity
is at peak levels as the planned feature freeze for this release approaches.
While this activity is resulting in the merging of some interesting
functionality, including the long-awaited "upsert" feature,
it is also
revealing some fault lines within the community. The fact that PostgreSQL
lacks the review resources needed to keep up with its natural rate of
change has been understood for years; many other projects suffer from the
same problem. But the pressures on PostgreSQL seem to be becoming more
acute, leading to concerns about fairness in the community and the
durability of the project's cherished reputation for high-quality software.