Re: pgsql-patches considered harmful

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: pgsql-patches considered harmful
Date: 2006-07-10 04:20:52
Message-ID: 11853.1152505252@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> On Sunday 09 July 2006 20:00, Greg Stark wrote:
>> BIRT pgsql-patches should be abolished in favour of something else that
>> accomplishes the bandwidth-reduction aspect without the downsides.

> Alternatively, people could just use patches for patch submission and keep all
> discussion on hackers.

If this is chosen as the preferred path, we could get the list bot to
add "Reply-To: pghackers" in pgsql-patches postings to help push
discussions there. I'd vote for doing the same in pgsql-committers,
which also gets its share of non-null discussion content.

regards, tom lane

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