Re: should I post the patch as committed? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: should I post the patch as committed?
Date
Msg-id 20100420171141.GB3229@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: should I post the patch as committed?  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: should I post the patch as committed?  (Pavan Deolasee <pavan.deolasee@gmail.com>)
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Bruce Momjian escribió:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:

> > Yeah, +1. I always go to one of the other sources (most of the time,
> > the gitweb or git server).
> > 
> > It doesn't hurt to attach it if it happens to be around, but I
> > wouldn't suggest spending any extra effort on it...
> 
> Well, many times I am applying a patch from an author that I have
> modified, and I don't expect them to be subscribed to committers, so I
> supply the patch as a courtesy so they can see my changes (and fix
> them).  :-)

I think committing a patch from a non-regular is a special case and
attaching the modified patch is reasonable in that case.

My 8.8 Richter ...

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