Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:52:48 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: cutting down the TODO list thread
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 03:46:14PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 03:24:35PM -0400, John Naylor wrote:
> > As I mentioned in [1], I've volunteered to clear out the TODO list of items
> > that appear to be too difficult, controversial, or otherwise not worth doing to
> > warrant being listed there. I'll be working a few sections at a time, and every
> > so often I'll have a list of proposed items for removal. If I don't hear
> > objections, I'll remove the items after a few days while going through the next
> > set.
> > 
> > Where there's an email thread, I've skimmed a few messages to get a sense of
> > the community's thoughts on it. Where easily determined, I've taken age into
> > account, insofar as something from 2017 is going to get much more benefit of
> > doubt than something from 2008. I've added after each item a phrase that sums
> > up the reason I believe it doesn't belong anymore. Feedback welcome, of course,
> > although I suspect there won't be much.
> 
> Thanks for working on this.  It certainly needs new eyes (not mine).  ;-)
> 
> I am fine reomving all the items below.  I am kind of disappointed we
> have these _stuck_ items, but I don't see a clear way forward, so let's
> just remove them and see what requests we get for them.

Do any of these limitations need to be documented before removing them
from the TODO list?

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