Re: [PATCHES] Bitmapscan changes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Bitmapscan changes
Date
Msg-id 20070314162644.GI11837@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Bitmapscan changes  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCHES] Bitmapscan changes  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: [PATCHES] Bitmapscan changes  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>)
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Allow the community to drive the inclusion by making it as easy as
> possible to allow a proactive argument to take place by the people
> actually using the product.

This seems to be a rather poor decision making process: "Are the users
happy with the new feature?  If so, then apply the patch."  It leads to
unmanageable code.

Which is why we don't do things that way.  The code must fit within the
general architecture before application -- particularly if it's an
internal API change.  That's what the review process is for.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.


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