Re: Request for dogfood volunteers (was No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!)

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, YUriy Zhuravlev <u(dot)zhuravlev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Request for dogfood volunteers (was No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!)
Date: 2015-10-02 18:36:43
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYiuvsC8f3MsfZQxCp3dSWXQBKpben_4XdLR_E5xkjZ7A@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> I once drove a manual all the time. I swore by the manual. I loved the
> control, the feeling (ridiculously) that I was a race car driver on the
> Urban track.
>
> Then I got an automatic and realized how damn nice it was to not be in
> control or have to worry about whether or not I should shift at 3k RPMS or
> 4k RPMS. (Then I drove a manual on the wrong side of the road in Ireland and
> was even happier that I prefer automatics)
>
> We can't just point at something and say, "Oh that will work" because we
> haven't tried to see how it is going to work with our requirements.
>
> I wouldn't expect any customer to use postgresql because it has an Elephant
> as a mascot. I expect them to use it because it is the best choice for their
> requirements.

I don't know what this has to do with anything Andres said.

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Robert Haas
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