Re: Throw some low-level C scutwork at me

From: Andy Lester <andy(at)petdance(dot)com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Throw some low-level C scutwork at me
Date: 2009-05-01 20:35:43
Message-ID: DA4A0139-2BD1-451A-B430-297A2D032A6A@petdance.com
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>> There should be nothing to maintain, if it's done right.
>
> Any line in the source tree will have to get maintained, or why
> would you spend any time writing it?

I meant by hand.

> See doc/FAQ_DEV and those specific lines:

I see no such file. Perhaps it doesn't get exported into the git
mirror?

> Sorry if the "push-back" has been read as harsh, but I've got the
> (very personal) feeling that to become a contributor to PostgreSQL,
> you *will* have to be able to read this level of criticism back from
> the mail you send.

I'm all for criticism of ideas. I wish there had been some in Tom's
original mail.

xoa

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