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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: cedric@2ndquadrant.com, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
Subject: Re: Bugfix and new feature for PGXS
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:59:43 -0400
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On 10/10/2013 09:37 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 22:00 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> The code has been sitting in HEAD for several months, and I
>> committed on the back branches because it was wanted.
> New features normally go through a full development cycle including
> extensive beta testing, especially when they contain changes to external
> interfaces.  The fact that the patch author wanted his feature released
> immediately (of course) doesn't warrant a free pass in this case, IMO.
>
>
>


Perhaps you should have stated your objection when this was being 
discussed, and saved me some time.

I frankly think we can be a bit more tolerant about build system 
features than we would be about the actual software it builds.

cheers

andrew



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