Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Yeah, that experiment hasn't seemed to work all that well for me
>> either. Do you have another idea to try, or do you just want to
>> revert to the old way?
>>
>
> Since almost the first day I hacked on PostgreSQL I have been filtering
> both lists into the same folder, so they pretty much appear to be one
> and the same to me anyway. The only step that would optimize that
> situation further would be doing away with pgsql-patches and telling
> people to send patches to pgsql-hackers. I understand that some people
> may not care for the extra volume that the patches bring in. But with
> 250+ kB of hackers mail a day, the few patches don't seem all that
> significant. And to be serious about hacking (and tracking the
> hacking) you need to get both lists anyway, so it would make sense to
> me to just have one.
>
>
how many very large patches are sent? Not too many. We could in fact put
a limit on the attachment size and make people publish very large
patches some other way (on the web, say?)
cheers
andrew