[$] 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 activityis at peak levels as the planned feature freeze for this release approaches.While this activity is resulting in the merging of some interestingfunctionality, including the long-awaited "upsert" feature,it is also revealing some fault lines within the community. The fact that PostgreSQLlacks the review resources needed to keep up with its natural rate ofchange has been understood for years; many other projects suffer from thesame problem. But the pressures on PostgreSQL seem to be becoming moreacute, leading to concerns about fairness in the community and thedurability of the project's cherished reputation for high-quality software.