On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 02:09:56PM +0700, John Naylor wrote: > I've come up with some revised language, including s/15/16/ and removing the > category of "[E]" (easier to implement), since it wouldn't be here if it were > actually easy:
I think it is still possible for a simple item to be identified as wanted and easy, but not completed and put on the TODO list. > WARNING for Developers: This list contains some known PostgreSQL bugs, some > feature requests, and some things we are not even sure we want. This is not > meant to be a resource for beginning developers to get ideas for things to > work > on. <WIP: maybe direct them to commitfest?> > > All of these items are hard, and some are perhaps impossible. Some of these > items might have become unnecessary since they were added. Others might be > desirable but: > > - a large amount work is required > - the problems are subtler than they might appear > - the desirable semantics aren't clear > - there are tradeoffs that there's not consensus about > - some combinations of the above > > If you really need a feature that is listed below, it will be worth reading > the > linked email thread if there is one, since it will often show the > difficulties, > or perhaps contain previous failed attempts to get a patch committed. If after > that you still want to work on it, be prepared to first discuss the value of > the feature. Do not assume that you can start coding and expect it to be > committed. Always discuss design on the Hackers list before starting to code. > > Over time, it may become clear that a TODO item has become outdated or > otherwise determined to be either too controversial or not worth the > development effort. Such items should be retired to the Not Worth Doing page. > > [D] marks changes that are done, and will appear in the PostgreSQL 16 release. I think we risk overloading people with too many words above, and they will not read it fully. Can it be simplified? I wonder if some of this belows in the developer's FAQ and linked to that from the TODO list. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Embrace your flaws. They make you human, rather than perfect, which you will never be.
