| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com |
| Cc: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Joshua Brindle <method(at)manicmethod(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Jaime Casanova <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec> |
| Subject: | Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1704) |
| Date: | 2009-03-10 17:08:26 |
| Message-ID: | 123.1236704906@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I think you misunderstand me. I have watched this thread very closely
> because it has specific strategic interest. For the record:
> * This patch does scare me
> * With great risk comes great reward
... or great failure. My key concern is that we are setting ourselves
up for failure by accepting a patch that hasn't attracted sufficient
community interest. This patch needs way more eyeballs on it than it
has gotten; which is not only bad in terms of the level of trust we
should have in the patch right now, but it is a very negative signal
about how much maintenance manpower it can expect in the future.
Now the entire effort on KaiGai-san's part has been founded on the
assumption that "if you build it, they will come"; and that is exactly
the same argument I hear you making for continued investment in the
project. But the track record so far, in terms of attracting hackers
to work on the patch, says otherwise.
regards, tom lane
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