Re: pgsql-patches considered harmful

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: pgsql-patches considered harmful
Date: 2006-07-11 15:01:06
Message-ID: 200607111501.k6BF16e01071@momjian.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> > that is a very easy and quick change ... but wasn't doing that brought
> > up before and alot of ppl were against that?
> >
> > If nobody objects within, say, the next 24 hours ... ? I'll enabled
> > that one both ...
> >
>
> Don't be surprised if there are objections - this is one of those things
> like emacs vs vi that stirs up religious debate.

If we change Reply-To:, does it prevent replies to the original author?
If so, that seems like a problem, particularly if they are not
subscribed to the patches list.

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