On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > Robert Haas escribió: > >> So here's the followup question - do you intend to do one of those >> things for this CommitFest, or should we mark this as Returned with >> Feedback once Bernd posts the rest of his review? > > What feedback is it supposed to be returned with? Precisely what I > wanted is some feedback on the general idea. Brendan's "I like the > approach" is good, but is it enough to deter a later veto from someone > else?
Well, you've hit there on one of the things that we don't always do well. Many a patch author has posted an idea, received no feedback, proceeded to implementation, and then the knives come out. On a good day, the CommitFest process ensures that every patch gets a second opinion, but it doesn't guarantee that a third opinion won't come crawling out of the woodwork at a later date. In this respect, you're actually operating at a slight advantage relative to most of us, because you can post your revised patch and commit it if no one objects too strongly, whereas I (for example) have to convince one of about two people - Tom or Peter, for nearly anything I'm likely to develop - to take an affirmative action on my behalf. This whole phenomenon of proposals to which no objection was made at the outset later getting flak for one reason or another is, I think, a source of much frustration and discourages people from putting effort into projects they might otherwise be willing to undertake. But I haven't the least idea how to fix it, and I can't offer you any guarantees with respect to the present situation either. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
