Re: Commit fest queue

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Commit fest queue
Date: 2008-04-10 21:57:38
Message-ID: 20080410145738.51843ccd@commandprompt.com
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:18:52 -0400
Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> wrote:

> jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com ("Joshua D. Drake") writes:
> > The base requirements for this process must be so simple, so easy,
> > that even if the person has never seen a C patch in his/her life
> > they understand what is trying to be achieved.
>
> Are you sure about that?
>
> I think that our concern is about the sort of population of people
> that are capable of *creating* a C patch.
>
> I don't think the bar needs to be set as low as you're suggesting.

Why would you want to expend cycles understanding a process when you
could expend cycles writing a C patch.

Its about efficiency. If I have to *think* about some kind of process
that takes cycles away from other more important and interesting things
like algorithms.

Joshua D. Drake

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