Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Matteo Beccati <php(at)beccati(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)toroid(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: mailing list archiver chewing patches
Date: 2010-02-01 16:41:57
Message-ID: 21551.1265042517@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> * A sends a message
>> * B replies, cc'ing A and the list
>> * B's reply to list is delayed by greylisting
>> * A replies to B's reply (cc'ing list)
>> * A's reply goes through immediately
>> * B's reply shows up a bit later
>>
>> That happens pretty frequently IME.

> Yeah - and sometimes the delay can be DAYS.

Greylisting wouldn't explain a delay of more than an hour or so.
OTOH, if B's reply got held for moderation for some reason, then
yeah it could be days :-(. But in that case the rest of the list
didn't see it in real-time either, so having it show up out of
"logical" sequence in the archive doesn't seem like a terrible
reflection of reality. I'm just concerned about the threading not
being sensitive to skews on the order of a few minutes --- those
are extremely common.

regards, tom lane

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