Re: [PATCHES] Custom variable class segmentation fault

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Custom variable class segmentation fault
Date: 2006-08-13 23:47:12
Message-ID: 44DFBA00.20604@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> I've always found it easier to review uncommitted patches than committed
> ones anyway. When you're playing catch-up by reviewing a committed
> patch, you have to deal with three states of the code rather than two
> (pre-patch, post-patch, your own mods). That gets rapidly worse if the
> patch has been in there awhile and other changes go in on top of it.
> Plus, once other changes accumulate on top, it becomes extremely painful
> to revert if the conclusion is that the patch is completely broken.
> (A conclusion that I don't think is at all unlikely with respect to
> this patch.)
>
>
>

Easy or not this strikes me as good policy. And nothing is urgent quite
yet - we still have another 18 days to the end of the month, which is
the stated deadline for getting patches reviewed and committed.

cheers

andrew

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