Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91E62E2EF5 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:41:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19688-02 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:41:46 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from mail01.enterprisedb.com (mail01.enterprisedb.com [63.246.7.168]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D38252E2EF3 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:41:45 -0400 (AST) thread-index: AciA+FJ1QceLVN3gSNeL5sh0YpoOJA== Received: from [192.168.1.34] ([86.0.104.222]) by mail01.enterprisedb.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sat, 8 Mar 2008 03:42:20 -0500 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4133 Message-ID: <47D25109.1040406@enterprisedb.com> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:40:41 +0000 From: "Heikki Linnakangas" Organization: EnterpriseDB User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Brendan Jurd" Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" , "PostgreSQL-development" Subject: Re: Commitfest process References: <47D1521E.8090606@enterprisedb.com> <20080307101413.7d191e52@commandprompt.com> <47D18D80.2050107@enterprisedb.com> <37ed240d0803072350m521c2bcay6743b0269439eef1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <37ed240d0803072350m521c2bcay6743b0269439eef1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2008 08:42:20.0250 (UTC) FILETIME=[5262A3A0:01C880F8] X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/215 X-Sequence-Number: 115016 Brendan Jurd wrote: > But I also agree with Josh Drake's comment about a single point of > entry. If patch authors are updating the wiki, and reviewers are > using the wiki to guide their efforts, what purpose does the -patches > mailing list serve? Does sending an email to -patches on top of > submitting the patch on the wiki actually buy us anything? It seems > redundant. The mail to -patches will contain a detailed description of the patch, the wiki item is just a one-liner. All discussions will happen on the mailing list. If there's no initial mail there, there's nothing to click "reply" on. And mailing lists provide an archive. -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com