Re: [PATCHES] Custom variable class segmentation fault

From: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Custom variable class segmentation fault
Date: 2006-08-15 13:59:09
Message-ID: 44E1D32D.4010200@sun.com
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Bruce, Andrew, Tom.

I little bit confuse now, what status of this patch is? I check your
observation and I agree with them. But I don't where is "ball" now and
what I can/must do now like author of this patch?

Thanks for explanation
Zdenek

Bruce Momjian napsal(a):
> OK, with two people now concerned, patch reverted.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> I've always found it easier to review uncommitted patches than committed
>>> ones anyway. When you're playing catch-up by reviewing a committed
>>> patch, you have to deal with three states of the code rather than two
>>> (pre-patch, post-patch, your own mods). That gets rapidly worse if the
>>> patch has been in there awhile and other changes go in on top of it.
>>> Plus, once other changes accumulate on top, it becomes extremely painful
>>> to revert if the conclusion is that the patch is completely broken.
>>> (A conclusion that I don't think is at all unlikely with respect to
>>> this patch.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Easy or not this strikes me as good policy. And nothing is urgent quite
>> yet - we still have another 18 days to the end of the month, which is
>> the stated deadline for getting patches reviewed and committed.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> andrew
>>
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