Re: [PATCH] To remove EXTEND INDEX

> > > > Note, this patch makes it as if it never existed. So, if you think some of
> > > > the code may be useful, now is the time to speak up! :)
> > > Shouldn't this conversation be happening on the -hackers list? TIA
> > Actually, because it had a patch attached, it should go to patches,
> > right?
>
> imho, no. Because there needs to be a discussion about whether to remove
> code from the tree, and whether that code may be useful for something
> else.
>
> -patches is designed to take actual patch files (to reduce bandwidth on
> -hackers) but not to host planning discussions. If this had been a
> simple patch without feature changes or other larger ramifications, then
> it is more clearly a patch-only topic.

What some people do is split the patch text with the actual patch. I
don't like it sometimes, but I hesistate to post big patches to hachers,
even if they require discussion.

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