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From: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
To: Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:54:58 +1030
Message-ID: <3E6EC4AA.8090507@postgresql.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030311212240.O72192@hub.org>
References: <200303102330.h2ANUii26036@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
<snip>
 >>Would it be feasible to investigate approaches for having the Win32 and
 >>PITR work be shared amongst a few very-interested volunteers, so that
 >>people can cover for each other's downtime?  Not sure of the
 >>confidentiality level of the Win32/PITR patches at present, but I'd
 >>guess there would be at least a few solid volunteers willing to
 >>contribute to the Win32/PITR ports if we asked for people to step
 >>forwards.
 >
 > Why should we be the ones to ask for ppl to step forward to volunteer to
 > help?  Shouldn't it be the responsibility of the developer working on it
 > to admit that there is no way they will make the scheduale and call for
 > help?

Hadn't thought of that.  Um.. how about "whatever works"?  It's sounds 
like the kind of thing where some people may be offended if we suddenly 
started asking for extra volunteers for their bits, and others in the 
same situation wouldn't.

Now that you mention it, it's probably a matter of getting that bit 
correct I suppose.  :)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

-- 
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
- Indira Gandhi




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