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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Posting to hackers and patches lists
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:53:30 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Folks, can we avoid posting an email to both hackers and patches
> > lists? I understand why people do it, but it is best avoided, I
> > think.  If you feel the need to keep patch discussion on hackers,
> > please post just the patch to patches and a summary to hackers.  
> > 
> > Or better yet, have a URL to the patch in an email to hackers.
> > 
> > I think it would be helpful for us to provide an infrastructure where
> > people who don't run their own servers to store their patches at a
> > stable URL where they can keep updating the content.  I did that with
> > the psql wrap patch and it helped me.
> 
> What?! Did you just propose a patch tracker? Bruce? Hmm. I think I need
> to get a new email client, because this one clearly corrupts the emails
> I receive ;)

I have suggested a patch tracker as optional for people before on this
list:

	http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-04/msg00626.php

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