Received: from magus.postgresql.org (magus.postgresql.org [87.238.57.229]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEF3BEC32BA for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:41:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SILD8-0007tK-V9 for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:41:28 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.6] (mail.highperformancepostgresql.com [71.179.240.8]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MTN1b-1ShGcc3FHb-00SQmB; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:41:10 +0200 Message-ID: <4F86E984.3040101@2ndQuadrant.com> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:41:08 -0400 From: Greg Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111120 Icedove/3.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane CC: Robert Haas , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Last gasp References: <4F7E99BA.1080805@2ndQuadrant.com> <20120409053852.GG11987@tornado.leadboat.com> <20120409222359.GE30702@tornado.leadboat.com> <4F83FCB10200002500046D70@gw.wicourts.gov> <4F84D3A0.8010808@2ndQuadrant.com> <4F85573A.307! 0807@2ndQuadrant.com> <22532.1334154260@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <22532.1334154260@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:Y9BrUC4dC0Zb5OVA83dcEIacqOUhHfAivcQNwsXTS6O zsNqnCD9eRQBr4GizZZrSBPAdmlk+zDFZXlBktXM1I/GA/hZJH 5IHQZl6Oz91dvqFQ6fAmN2rpFsiii4KkVvRDQhhsLZKBE3CrzY lQOmO7bHnOsx8Id4vEmyBJY7sq1NU+Xgd1XZ/RzutirlRuPmxh yj+7iugjeEaAe44kHzbaWUUvQEY9VLVnu7UZ71Mjrj2WkEi8Er WeWeU3zd8fEFs3heCEQ7RQsggfifw/NVKcg1Nkaios9l3fZq8/ YCG+ZuAF30DVs0TFyArd6+ohkiVLe4qtqTVq4GJVYzndJunoD5 cYiAPqlyVxL1zsYUeWCI= X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201204/646 X-Sequence-Number: 206449 On 04/11/2012 10:24 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Greg Smith writes: >> I'd like to dump around 50 pages of new material into the docs as a >> start, but I don't want to take so much time away from the code oriented >> committers to chew on that much. > > Well, with all due respect, that does not sound like a change that > doesn't need review. I wasn't trying to suggest large changes should be made without review. I'd just like some new paths for work to progress without one of the more coding oriented committers being compelled to join and keep up with everything. The quality level I aimed for in my book wouldn't have been possible without Kevin Grittner, Scott Marlowe, and Jim Mlodgenski as reviewers; it didn't require anyone with commit bits though. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US greg@2ndQuadrant.com Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services, and 24x7 Support www.2ndQuadrant.com