Re: How to submit a patch

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to submit a patch
Date: 2008-04-16 18:22:51
Message-ID: 200804161822.m3GIMpP25922@momjian.us
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >>>>> If you posted it last month then it was too late for the
> >>>>> commit-fest that started on March 1, IIRC, so the fact that you
> >>>>> didn't get feedback is hardly surprising - a commit-fest is like a
> >>>>> mini-feature-freeze.
> >>>>>
> >>>> O.k. then what happens at that point? It wasn't in the queue for
> >>>> May (I had to add it)
> >>>>
> >>> I review it and apply or reply to the author. The wiki had started
> >>> being updated after your submission so this is a transitionary phase.
> >>>
> >> Wait... apply where? The wiki? or to the tree?
> >>
> >
> > Apply to CVS.
> >
> >
>
> Bruce, I know you don't mean this, but it reads like you are undertaking
> to review and apply all patches.

Didn't you read "review it and apply or reply to the author".

> BTW, I don't see why the wiki can't pick up patches that were submitted
> before it started.

True.

Frankly, I am getting pretty tired of people complaining about what I am
doing. Perhaps I should just stop and let everyone else deal with
things. I have lots of things I would rather be doing.

This is one of the reasons I didn't want to add wiki maintenance to my
already full workload. Instead I am having to field complaints.

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