On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:46 AM Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > Yes, reverting has its place. Moreover, threats of reversion have their > > place. People should definitely be working towards finding solutions to > > the problems in their commits lest they be reverted. However, freezing > > *people* by saying that no fixes are acceptable other than reverts ... > > is not good. > > > > So I agree with what Andres is saying downthread: let's apply the fix he > > proposed (it's not even that invasive anyway), and investigate the > > remaining 5% and see if we can find a solution. If by the end of the > > beta process we can definitely find no solution to the problem, we can > > revert the whole lot then. > > > > > I agree with all of this. Right now I'm only concerned if there isn't > work apparently being done on some issue.
+1. While reverting a patch is always on the table, it must be the option of last resort. I don't have any specific reason to believe that that's the point we're at just yet. -- Peter Geoghegan