Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24D09FB212; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:00:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90838-03; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:00:19 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from gmp-ea-fw-1.sun.com (gmp-ea-fw-1.sun.com [192.18.1.36]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA1E9FB2BC; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:59:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from d1-emea-09.sun.com (d1-emea-09.sun.com [192.18.2.119]) by gmp-ea-fw-1.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l3UCxtf0010923; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:59:55 GMT Received: from conversion-daemon.d1-emea-09.sun.com by d1-emea-09.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) id <0JHB00301ARBLR00@d1-emea-09.sun.com> (original mail from Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:59:55 +0100 (BST) Received: from [129.150.120.147] by d1-emea-09.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0JHB00IIWARR4O40@d1-emea-09.sun.com>; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:59:53 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:59:51 +0200 From: Zdenek Kotala Subject: Re: Feature freeze progress report In-reply-to: <4635D973.90106@postgresql.org> To: Dave Page Cc: Bruce Momjian , Tom Lane , Heikki Linnakangas , Simon Riggs , PostgreSQL-development Message-id: <4635E847.30001@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200704301129.l3UBTsl20011@momjian.us> <4635D973.90106@postgresql.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061204) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200704/1244 X-Sequence-Number: 102577 Dave Page wrote: > > In my original message I described my thinking: > > - Developer submits patch, with additional info through a web interface. > > - The web interface formats an email containing the patch description, > patch and any other info entered, assigns it a patch number, and > forwards it to the patches list. > > - Discussion ensues on list as per normal. The tracking system monitors > the list and automatically attaches any posts to the patch that have the > appropriate reference in the subject line. > > - Community members and committers can review the entire discussion > through the systems web interface. Updated patches could be submitted > online. > > - Committers log into the system when necessary to alter the status > (committed, rejected, awaiting revision, under review etc), or the queue > name (8.3, 8.4 etc). This could also be done automagically via email > keywords from specific addresses. > > You would no longer need to manually manage the queue, and the > committers would simply need to tweak the status flag as required. > You can look on Apache Derby project. I think everything what you mentioned there Derby project is using. See http://db.apache.org/derby/ Zdenek