Re: Patch committers - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Patch committers
Date
Msg-id 20091112195656.GK4780@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Patch committers  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas escribió:

> I used to feel this way, too.  I'm not sure whether it's really worse
> at first, or whether it just seems worse a first until you get used to
> it.  There is no getting around the fact that this is a community of
> very smart people.  I work at a company where I'm the only developer.
> Guess what - my development ideas are all brilliant - or at least
> there's no contrary evidence!  Then I come here, where there are
> plenty of other developers just as smart as I am, or possibly smarter,
> and here some of my ideas crash and burn.  On the other hand,
> sometimes someone objects to my idea and the *objections* crash and
> burn.  You can't expect to win them all when you're dealing with
> people who are as smart as you and more knowledgeable about the code.

Maybe this paragraph (and some others from this email and Josh's) should
be part of the "how to submit a patch" wiki page.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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