Re: CF3+4 (was Re: Parallel query execution)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Pavan Deolasee <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)gmail(dot)com>, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CF3+4 (was Re: Parallel query execution)
Date: 2013-01-21 19:39:20
Message-ID: CA+Tgmoa3KMn5C0RHeWDeYx4J7qU_dLkc=fOqdcqn4cHbtoBs8w@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> But even before that, you have to ask whether what it's supposed to do
>> is something we want.
>
> The reviewer can't usually answer that though.

They can answer whether THEY want it, though. And Tom, Andrew, and I
all just got through arguing that that is one of the most, if not the
most, important parts of a review.

Seriously. Opinions are good. Lack of opinions leads to "ivory
tower" syndrome, which of course we've got, but I think most of us are
sufficiently self-aware to at least know that it isn't a good thing.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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