Re: [HACKERS] Patch review

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Patch review
Date: 2008-02-13 15:27:35
Message-ID: 14951.1202916455@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Greg Smith wrote:
>> If you look at how the archives store things, the threading in there
>> sometimes isn't sufficient to support this. As an example, I was just
>> trying to read all the messages in the "Group Commit" thread that Bruce
>> has tracked on "Patches Held For PostgreSQL 8.4", and for reasons I can't
>> figure out it's split into two threads in the archives.

> Perhaps it's because it was split in two by a monthly boundary? (I
> didn't look.)

Most likely. Somebody on the www team really ought to make an effort
to fix that sometime --- it reduces the value of the archives noticeably
if you can't rely on the thread links.

regards, tom lane

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