Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2008 schrieb Tom Lane:
> Another is that the email list provides a
> "push" mechanism for putting the proposed patch under the noses of a
> bunch of people, a few of whom will hopefully take a sniff ;-).
> A tracker is very much more of a "pull" scenario where someone has to
> actively go looking for pending/proposed changes.
In my mind the pull mechanism is exactly one of the major features I would
expect from a proper tracking system, so I can "pull" and work on the issues
that affect me at a time when it is convenient for me, instead of at the time
when the "push" happens.