Re: 8.4 release planning

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Subject: Re: 8.4 release planning
Date: 2009-01-27 14:04:29
Message-ID: 200901271604.32166.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 02:21:41 Tom Lane wrote:
> Then why has *nobody* stepped up to review the design, much less the
> whole patch?  The plain truth is that no one appears to care enough to
> expend any real effort.  But this patch is far too large and invasive
> to accept on the basis that only one guy understands it and will/might
> continue to maintain it.

As one of the earlier reviewers, I think the design is OK, but the way the
implementation is presented was not acceptable, and very little has been
accomplished in terms of reacting to our comments. For example, where is the
SQL row security feature, which should have been designed, implemented, and
committed separately, in the opinion of most commentaries.

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