Re: Postgres 9.6 scariest patch tournament - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: Postgres 9.6 scariest patch tournament
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Msg-id CAM3SWZTcCJGvxAHd9-pT8DpQVJiAk9ecZ7GT9K8tFqk6uCKMCA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Postgres 9.6 scariest patch tournament  (Josh berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Josh berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> We should send the owner of the scariest patch something as a prize.
> Maybe a plastic skeleton or something ...

I think it was a good idea to call it the scariest patch rather than
something more severe sounding. Having the poll only be half-serious
is a good way to avoid self-censorship, and emphasizes that we're
concerned about bugs that cause serious instability to the system as a
whole. We're less concerned about the overall number of bugs in any
given patch.

I would have appreciated more scope to say how confident I am in my
prediction, and how scary in absolute terms I consider the scariest
patches to be.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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