Re: Two weeks to feature freeze

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Hermit Hacker [mailto:scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 5:26 PM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: Jan Wieck; scott.marlowe; Bruce Momjian; Tom Lane; Jason
> Earl; PostgreSQL-development
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Two weeks to feature freeze
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jan Wieck [mailto:JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:30 PM
> > > To: Dann Corbit
> > > Cc: scott.marlowe; Bruce Momjian; Tom Lane; Jason Earl;
> > > PostgreSQL-development
> > > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Two weeks to feature freeze
> > [snip]
> > > I personally think you don't actually ever did any
> software testing
> > > yourself. You are not really talking from experience, are you? So
> > > please, show me what you have now, or get one more plus on my
> > > minus-list.
> >
> > I have already posted enough information to show my qualitications.
> >
> > Whether I am qualified or not is irrelevant to whether the argument
> > has merit or not.
> >
> > I have raised what I consider to be an important issue.
>
> You have raised a point that you are not prepared to do
> anything about though

I did something about it. I raised the issue.
Is it really so that whoever it is that raises a question is also the
one who must fix the issue raised?
A strange model indeed.

> ... nobody disagrees with you about
> adding more testing,

Actually some do, but that's neither here nor there.

> but if you aren't willing to do the
> work, why should anyone else be?

Perhaps they have the time and care about the result.

> Someone has to spearhead it
> ... you seem to be passionate about seeing it happen, but
> don't care enough to do anything about it ...

Don't care and won't do are not the same thing.