Re: Postgresql and multithreading

From: Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgresql and multithreading
Date: 2002-10-18 15:51:08
Message-ID: 1034956269.12230.192.camel@mouse.copelandconsulting.net
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On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 09:28, Tom Lane wrote:
> Greg Copeland <greg(at)copelandconsulting(dot)net> writes:
> > On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 22:20, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Simple: respond to 'em all with a one-line answer: "convince us why we
> >> should use it". The burden of proof always seems to fall on the wrong
> >> end in these discussions.
>
> > ... Now, it seems, that
> > people don't want to answer questions at all as it's bothering the
> > developers.
>
> Not at all. But rehashing issues that have been talked out repeatedly
> is starting to bug some of us ;-). Perhaps the correct "standard
> answer" is more like "this has been discussed before, please read the
> list archives".

I agree. That sounds like a much more reasonable response. In fact, if
you were to simply let the fledglings respond, it would completely take
you guys out of the loop.

Perhaps something like a Wiki or FAQ-O-Matic can be added whereby, the
user base can help maintain it? That would seemingly help take some
load off of Bruce too.

Greg

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