Thread: Need for a 'minor patch person'?
Maybe to free up Bruce for major patches (eg. PITR, etc.), we should promote someone else to 'minor patch' committer? Chris
committing a major patch isn't to difficult ... its getting the major patch created that is ... PITR and Win32 don't exist in v7.4 because no patch was submit'd, not because Bruce didn't have time to commit them ... On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > Maybe to free up Bruce for major patches (eg. PITR, etc.), we should promote > someone else to 'minor patch' committer? > > Chris > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match >
> committing a major patch isn't to difficult ... its getting the major > patch created that is ... PITR and Win32 don't exist in v7.4 because no > patch was submit'd, not because Bruce didn't have time to commit them ... I thought it was a case of Bruce not having time to work on them, because he was too busy doing patch application and stuff. Maybe we could share Bruce's load out on to a trusted, skilled contributor. (I can think of some good candidates). Chris
"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> I thought it was a case of Bruce not having time to work on them, because he
> was too busy doing patch application and stuff.
Bruce would probably be the right person to opine on this, but my
impression is that patch application is just a tiny fraction of his
work day. It's the other stuff that's killing him :-(. Who wants
to pick up some part of his speaking-at-conferences workload?
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote: > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes: > > I thought it was a case of Bruce not having time to work on them, because he > > was too busy doing patch application and stuff. > > Bruce would probably be the right person to opine on this, but my > impression is that patch application is just a tiny fraction of his > work day. It's the other stuff that's killing him :-(. Who wants > to pick up some part of his speaking-at-conferences workload? I am about 10% through my new mail, and I have already written a web page summarizing my speeches, and wrote a test program for threading. :-) So, it isn't patch application per-say, but the work required to get them in cleanly. What I usually do when I go away is to have someone else pick up patch application (like Tom), but in this recent trip, all trivial patches where already applied. It was the tough ones that weren't, and I don't want to dump that one on anyone like Tom. He already deals with tons if problem items that make my simpler job possible. I am always grateful for others to get involed in wrapping up solutions to the outstanding problems that appear on our lists. For reference, the past trip was particularly bad because I was away for 5 days, then decided to spend the weekend with my family rather than read email because they were leaving for the New Jersey shore with my parents on Monday. I stayed home Monday/Tuesday reading email left over from my trip. I didn't deal with any complex issues. I then went down to the shore for two days. When I returned, 12 days had passed since I dealt with complex issues, and a beta had been bundled, making people think their issues weren't going to get resolved before 7.4 final. I understand completely why they would think that. And I didn't communicate that I was going away for the last two days to the hackers group like usual. FYI, I am going to Mexico for 7 days starting September 15th. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073
Tom Lane wrote: > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes: > > I thought it was a case of Bruce not having time to work on them, because he > > was too busy doing patch application and stuff. > > Bruce would probably be the right person to opine on this, but my > impression is that patch application is just a tiny fraction of his > work day. It's the other stuff that's killing him :-(. Who wants > to pick up some part of his speaking-at-conferences workload? Also, we are already having people do speeches where appropriate, particularly for local user groups. I am doing presentations when they want hours of content and need someone very visible in the project. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073