Re: J2SE 1.4 and other patches - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

Joseph,

To apply a patch you need to execute cvs commands.  But to submit a
patch you only need to send the diffs and new files to this list or the
pgsql-patches email list.

thanks,
--Barry

Joseph Shraibman wrote:

> Don't you need execute cvs commands to add new files?  I guess I don't
> know.
>
> Barry Lind wrote:
>
>> Anyone can do that by submitting a patch.  I don't see anything
>> special that needs to be done.
>>
>> --Barry
>>
>> Joseph Shraibman wrote:
>>
>>> Right.  And a maintainer needs to make a jdbc3 direcotry and modifiy
>>> the ant files to use it when it detects a jdk of 1.4+
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave Cramer wrote:
>>>
>>>> What do you see wrong with the build process?
>>>>
>>>> Ant is used to build the driver!
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org
>>>> [mailto:pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Shraibman
>>>> Sent: October 16, 2001 5:45 PM
>>>> To: Rene Pijlman
>>>> Cc: Mark Lillywhite (pg-jdbc); pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [JDBC] J2SE 1.4 and other patches
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think what most needs to be done is for someone to update the build
>>>> process, so people who want to hack code will have somewhere to
>>>> start from.
>>>>
>>>> Rene Pijlman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 13 Oct 2001 11:16:07 +1000, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was just wondering if anyone is working on support for JDK1.4
>>>>>> for the postgresql drivers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Not AFAIK.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> It appears that there are some new methods defined
>>>>>> in a few interfaces that need to be implemented (presumably to
>>>>>> just throw the "unimplemented" exception?).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean JDBC 3.0 methods? What methods precisely? Are they
>>>>> implementable?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, I have a patch for DatabaseMetaData to fix a bug in the
>>>>>> metadata
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> returned for BigDecimals. I have already tried to submit this
>>>>>> patch 2 or 3 times (to peter@retep) but never heard back. It's
>>>>>> only about 4 LOC but it makes introspecting the database much better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this the place to post a patch, and if I do, am I likely to get
>>>>>> a response?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> You can send patches to the pgsql-patches@postgresql.org list,
>>>>> preferably with a CC to this list. Yes, you will get a response.
>>>>> Usually, a patch is applied within a week (if the patch is good, of
>>>>> course).
>>>>>
>>>>> If a patch to the JDBC driver needs discussion first, that should
>>>>> be on this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> René Pijlman <rene@lab.applinet.nl>
>>>>>
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>>>>> TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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