| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Karl O(dot) Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Signing off of patches (was Re: Not ready for 8.3) |
| Date: | 2007-05-19 17:48:22 |
| Message-ID: | 14455.1179596902@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Karl O. Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com> writes:
> On 05/18/2007 08:59:11 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'd like to see something that emphasizes review and feedback at the
>> stages of germinal idea, rough functional spec, implementation
>> concept,
> Speaking as a larval Postgres hacker I have trouble asking about
> the germinal idea and rough functional spec parts. Without
> having some clue about the implementation concept it's
> difficult for me to imagine whether or not I want to
> or will be able to put the effort into making the actual
> code work.
Well, but if you ask at an early stage it's perfectly fair to ask for
comments on how much work an implementation of idea X might be. Plus
people could save you from wasting time going down dead-end paths.
regards, tom lane
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