From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Getting a move on for 8.2 beta |
Date: | 2006-09-02 00:34:05 |
Message-ID: | 200609020034.k820Y5325783@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > No, it's not. There's a bunch of patches which we had nothing on -- not
> > spec, not design draft, not anything -- until we got them on July 20th.
> > Our current system is to have only one deadline,
>
> Well, no, it's not. We have told people till we're blue in the face
> "post early, post often". Now I will plead guilty to not always having
> spent as much time giving feedback on draft patches as I should've, but
> the process is pretty clear. As I see it the main problem is people
> undertaking patches off in corners somewhere rather than discussing
> their work on the mailing lists while they do it.
>
> If you want more process in this we could institute rules like "feature
> patches will be rejected out of hand if there wasn't previously a spec
> proposal posted to pghackers". I don't think this is really a good
> idea, but I'm not sure what else to do.
Well stated.
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Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
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