| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
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| To: | pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, scrappy(at)hub(dot)org |
| Subject: | Useless "reject patterns" in mail lists |
| Date: | 2007-12-11 20:18:04 |
| Message-ID: | 20071211201804.GB7180@alvh.no-ip.org |
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I just got a moderation request which said
> The request requires your confirmation for the following reason(s):
>
> GLOBAL ADMIN BODY: /^\s*config\b/i matched " config" at line number 8.
My mail said:
> To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:07:31 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: pgsql: Make CSV column ordering a bit more logical.
> Message-Id: <20071211200731(dot)C323E7540F0(at)cvs(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
>
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Make CSV column ordering a bit more logical.
In my opinion, this business of holding for moderation messages matching
"^\s*config\b" has bought us no benefit at all, and we should get rid of
it. There are other similar patterns. Can we please fix it?
--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvherre/
"In fact, the basic problem with Perl 5's subroutines is that they're not
crufty enough, so the cruft leaks out into user-defined code instead, by
the Conservation of Cruft Principle." (Larry Wall, Apocalypse 6)
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