Re: [PATCHES] drop if exists remainder

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> This has been a problem in the past.  I'd generally ask that, if a patch 
> which was discussed on -hackers gets rejected on -patches, that discussion 
> be brought back to -hackers.  Often the people who supported the original 
> feature are not on -patches and then are unpleasantly surprised when the 
> feature they though was accepted doesn't show up in the next version.

Um, if they're not reading -patches, why would they think the feature
had been accepted, or even submitted?  In any case, when we reject a
patch, it's not usually a conclusion that will get reversed just because
more people are involved in the discussion.  The people who might
actually be able to *fix* the patch are probably reading -patches.
        regards, tom lane