Re: Feature freeze and the great elog changeover

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Feature freeze and the great elog changeover
Date: 2003-06-25 20:27:12
Message-ID: 200306252027.h5PKRC729719@candle.pha.pa.us
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Good idea. This is similar to the pgindent run, though that usually
happens just _before_ beta.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> I had originally planned to spend the next week editing all the elog()
> calls in the backend to convert them to ereport() format where helpful,
> add SQLSTATE values, and update wording to match the style guidelines
> that were agreed to awhile back.
>
> However, it looks like the same reasons that were holding me back still
> apply: any wholesale editing will likely break unapplied patches, plus
> I'll have to go back through the code when those patches do get applied.
> With folk scrambling to get last-minute stuff done before feature
> freeze, these are not good side-effects.
>
> What I'd like to do instead is try to get the editing done during the
> interval between feature freeze and the start of beta (which we've
> already agreed is July 1 - July 15). I do not feel that this violates
> the spirit of "feature freeze", but does anyone want to object to that
> plan?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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