Re: Online enabling of checksums

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Michael Banck <michael(dot)banck(at)credativ(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Online enabling of checksums
Date: 2018-04-05 20:14:54
Message-ID: 20180405201454.oyxaagn3bk4gdymu@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2018-04-05 13:12:08 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2018-04-05 22:06:36 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > I have now pushed this latest version with some minor text adjustments and
> > a catversion bump.
> >
> > Thanks for all the reviews!
>
> I want to be on the record that I think merging a nontrival feature that
> got submitted 2018-02-21, just before the start of the last last CF, is
> an abuse of process, and not cool. We've other people working hard to
> follow the process, and circumventing it like this just signals to
> people trying to follow the rules that they're fools.
>
> Merging ~2kloc patches like that is going to cause pain. And even if
> not, it causes procedual damage.

And even worse, without even announcing an intent to commit and giving
people a chance to object.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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