On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> dinesh kumar wrote: > > > Also, I was under impression that, all our TODO > > <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo> items are filtered for the real > use > > cases. Is my impression wrong. If I wanted to work on another TODO item, > > where i need to take a look. > > Your impression is completely, absolutely, horribly wrong. > > The TODO contains some ideas that are good but postponed, other ideas > that are bad but we didn't know at the time they were recorded, other > ideas that we don't know either way. Before doing anything on an item > from the TODO list, you should first read the linked threads (if any), > and keep track when they end with an email saying "what an awful idea". > If this doesn't happen, _search_ for other threads not linked on the > TODO list that also deal with the same topic; note if they end the same > way (if you find such threads, it's useful to add a link to them in the > TODO item). > > Even if you can't find overly negative opinions about some item, discuss > it here before doing any actual coding. > > I wonder if we need a new page TONOTDO or something like that. > The bottom of the TODO list already has "Features We Do Not Want". I think it would just be a matter of moving them down to that section. Or maybe a new section of "Features I lost an argument over, but hope to eventually accumulate enough allies to re-fight that battle". I've thought in the paste that maybe we should create a "stale" badge and go through and add it to every open item. Once someone has re-evaluated that it is still desirable (and that the description even makes sense in the first place), they can remove the stale badge. Currently, the TODO seems to be a collection of belly button lint more than anything else. Cheers, Jeff
