Re: Where to see the patch queue (was Re: [PATCHES] Patch for Postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Where to see the patch queue (was Re: [PATCHES] Patch for Postmaster
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Msg-id 200503011851.j21Ip5h14387@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Where to see the patch queue (was Re: [PATCHES] Patch for Postmaster  (Matthias Schmidt <schmidtm@mock-software.de>)
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Matthias Schmidt wrote:
> Hi *,
> 
> I have submitted a patch which does exactly this. Somebody edited it 
> and Bruce put it on
> the queue for 8.1.
> 
> Now we both did the same work twice. This is a good example how a 
> public accessible
> Bugtracker and TODO-List where one can claim things (or get assigned to 
> some workitem)
> can save valuable time.
> 
> Image someone likes to get in touch with the codebase by fixing some 
> bugs first. To my
> understanding, there is no Bug Database for Postgres (correct me, if I 
> am wrong).
>   Where can this volunteer lookup Bugs? I don't want to restart the 
> Bugzilla Discussion,
> since I personally don't have any preference which Trouble-Ticket 
> System to use.
> But I think the idea of having one is worth considering.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Matthias
> 
> Am 25.02.2005 um 03:51 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> 
> > Eric Crampton wrote:
> >> On Feb 24, 2005, at 5:38 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Eric Crampton" <escpg@eonomine.com> writes:
> >>>> I noticed in the TODO that there is an item requesting a function
> >>>> which
> >>>> returns the uptime of the postmaster. I've wanted that as well. So,
> >>>> I've
> >>>> added just such a thing: server_start_time(). This function returns
> >>>> the
> >>>> time when the postmaster was started; a simple now() -
> >>>> server_start_time()
> >>>> returns the uptime.
> >>>
> >>> Isn't there one of these in the patch queue already?
> >>
> >> There could be, but I didn't see one because perhaps I'm looking in 
> >> the
> >> wrong place. I referenced the TODO list here:
> >>
> >>     http://developer.postgresql.org/todo.php
> >>
> >> and I referenced the unapplied patches here:
> >>
> >>     http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
> >>
> >> Where should I be looking?
> >>
> >
> > Sure:
> >
> >     http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches2
> >
> > -- 
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