Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 16:21 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > > "Well done"? It seems to me that we are right where we hoped not to be,
> > > ie with a ton of barely-completed (if not self-admitted WIP) patches
> > > dropped on us immediately before feature freeze. Today the commit fest
> > > idea is looking like a failure.
> > >
> > > If we actually manage to ship 8.4 within six months, *that* will be
> > > "well done".
> >
> > It looks to me like there are at least half a dozen patches submitted
> > in the last week that are pretty half-baked
>
> Robert,
>
> Without review, how can we determine the true state of a patch? I would
> guess that you haven't done a review of all of them yourself to
> determine that.
I think a complex patch that hasn't been discussed on the hackers list
recently, and that has deficiencies reported by the author can be safely
described as a work-in-progress that needs feedback, rather than
committed for 8.4.
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