Thread: RE: [HACKERS] First mega-patch...
> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Andrew Martin wrote: > > Geesh! Why the secrecy? Surely the more people who test it the > better. Look > > at the number of bugs that have turned up in the last 2 weeks since > 6.3 > > was released - none of them *terribly* serious, but a fair number > none > > the less. > > > > Has Marc suddenly taken some sort of commercial attitude???? (Give > the > > customer a product - who cares if it hasn't been tested by as many > > people as possible - we can charge for an upgrade :-) > > No, Marc's attitude hasn't changed at all...pgsql-hackers is the > place where *development* issues take place, and it is the *only* list > where discussing *any* pre-release software. If someone on > pgsql-questions (a *GENERIC*, how to *USE* PostgreSQL list) is > interested, > they are more then welcome to join pgsql-hackers... > Hey, I resemble that remark. But seriously I don't understand the need, in limiting the discussion of new features or patches to just this list. There are HACKERS-type things that pass through the QUESTIONS list all the time (usually posted to both). Of course I'll admit that I've never tried to manage anything with this scope or deal with the standard Postgres users (I know we can be annoying), so I do see the potential for the abuse. (Start accent here --) But here in Texas we don't shoot the horse until he's broken his leg (-- end accent).
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Jackson, DeJuan wrote:
> Hey, I resemble that remark. But seriously I don't understand the need,
> in limiting the discussion of new features or patches to just this list.
> There are HACKERS-type things that pass through the QUESTIONS list all
Right, and they should be redirected as appropriate, *to* the
appropriate list...
> the time (usually posted to both). Of course I'll admit that I've never
> tried to manage anything with this scope or deal with the standard
> Postgres users (I know we can be annoying), so I do see the potential
> for the abuse. (Start accent here --) But here in Texas we don't shoot
> the horse until he's broken his leg (-- end accent).
I'd prefer to never have to shoot the horse myself...waste of a
fine animal :)
Seriously, at least in my case, I run procmail to filter my
mail...I tend to read everything that goes to hackers, while skim through
the other lists as appropriate...I'm subscribed to *all* the lists, which
makes for several hundred messages per day...I like to automate the
sorting as much as possible...
> > No, Marc's attitude hasn't changed at all...pgsql-hackers is the > > place where *development* issues take place, and it is the *only* list > > where discussing *any* pre-release software. If someone on > > pgsql-questions (a *GENERIC*, how to *USE* PostgreSQL list) is > > interested, > > they are more then welcome to join pgsql-hackers... > > > Hey, I resemble that remark. But seriously I don't understand the need, > in limiting the discussion of new features or patches to just this list. > There are HACKERS-type things that pass through the QUESTIONS list all > the time (usually posted to both). Of course I'll admit that I've never > tried to manage anything with this scope or deal with the standard > Postgres users (I know we can be annoying), so I do see the potential > for the abuse. (Start accent here --) But here in Texas we don't shoot > the horse until he's broken his leg (-- end accent). I think it is just an attempt to limit the number of postings to the questions group, so it does not get to busy and people drop off. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)