Re: sortsupport for text

On 8 October 2012 16:30, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I don't have any plans to work on this further. I think all of the
> criticism that has been leveled at this patch is 100% bogus, and I
> greatly dislike the changes that have been proposed. That may not be
> fair, but it's how I feel, and in light of that feeling it does not
> make sense for me to pursue this. Sorry.

If it was the case that you were only 50% of the way to getting
something committable, I guess I'd understand; this is, after all, a
volunteer effort, and you are of course free to pursue or not pursue
whatever you like. It's more like 95% though, so I have a hard time
understanding this attitude.

The only criticism that I imagine that you could be referring to is my
criticism (which was seconded by Tom) concerning the approach to
sizing a buffer that is used as state between successive calls to the
sortsupport routine. This was a fairly trivial point even within the
context of this patch. It was regrettable that it got so out of hand,
but that certainly wasn't my intention.

I must say that I find this disheartening as a reviewer, particularly
since it comes from someone who reviews a lot of patches (including
most of my own), and has often complained about the difficulties that
reviewers face. Is it really so hard for you to accept a criticism
from me? I didn't expect you to fully accept my criticism; I only
expected you to take it into consideration, and possibly let it go for
the sake of progress.

For what it's worth, I have high regard for your work generally. In
all sincerity, this appears to me to be a slight, and I find it
upsetting, both on a personal level, and because it creates a concern
about being able to work with you in the future, which is certainly
something that I've benefited from in the past, and hope to continue
to benefit from.

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