X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF71D1B543 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:43:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 62139-05 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:43:10 -0400 (AST) Received: from trolak.mydnsbox2.com (ns1.mydnsbox2.com [207.44.142.118]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E30D1B548 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:43:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from dunslane.net (cpe-024-211-141-025.nc.rr.com [24.211.141.25]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by trolak.mydnsbox2.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h9QGafX22478 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:36:41 -0600 Message-ID: <3F9BF99B.602@dunslane.net> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:43:07 -0500 From: Andrew Dunstan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030508 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: 7.4 compatibility question References: <200310261344.h9QDirp13426@candle.pha.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <200310261344.h9QDirp13426@candle.pha.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/1312 X-Sequence-Number: 45994 Bruce Momjian wrote: >Bug tracking systems have the same limitation as incremental release >notes --- youi have to do a lot of piecemeal work to get complete output >at the end, rather than doing it more efficiently in one batch. > >Most people working on PostgreSQL are volunteers, and one of my primary >jobs is to make it easy for them --- if it takes me a week to get the >release notes together --- so be it --- I am making it easier for >others. > > You do a fine job and I know it is appreciated. I'd hate to think what would happen if you got run over by a bus. It's a bit of a matter of taste - I think bug tracking systems give projects better support than mailing lists, but maybe that's just me. cheers andrew