Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 10:31:00PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > bruce wrote:
> > > bruce wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK, seems this should be a separate application, not done in the TODO
> > > > list, and I am not willing to take on that additional workload.
> > >
> > > Let me add that anyone who has CVS commit access or wants to submit
> > > TODO patches can keep the TODO updated in this way.
> >
> > I can also give someone ssh access to my server with the ability to
> > modify only the TODO list.
>
> I've never submitted patches for the TODO because it seems pretty silly
> to go through that much work just to add one line to a file, but being
> able to change it directly would be a good compromise. I'd be happy to
> help.
>
> Something else that bugs me about the current TODO process is there's a
> lot of ideas that get brought up but never make it on there. Certainly
> a lot of them aren't worth putting on there, but there's plenty of items
> that get left on the floor. It would be nice if there was a better way
> to deal with these ideas.
I have to be selective because having items we aren't sure we want on
there isn't helpful.
> One possibility: have a 'holding area' (perhaps on a Wiki) where users
> could add use-cases for these ideas. If there's 'enough demand' (however
> one defines that), they get promoted to the TODO. Note that this is
> something geared towards users... things that are obviously useful to
> -hackers tend to get on the list.
Yea, that would be interesting, like a pending TODO item list.
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