Re: Online enabling of checksums

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:

> On 2018-04-05 13:12:08 -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> > On 2018-04-05 22:06:36 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > I have now pushed this latest version with some minor text adjustments
> and
> > > a catversion bump.
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the reviews!
> >
> > I want to be on the record that I think merging a nontrival feature that
> > got submitted 2018-02-21, just before the start of the last last CF, is
> > an abuse of process, and not cool. We've other people working hard to
> > follow the process, and circumventing it like this just signals to
> > people trying to follow the rules that they're fools.
> >
> > Merging ~2kloc patches like that is going to cause pain. And even if
> > not, it causes procedual damage.
>

I can understand those arguments, and if that's the view of others as well,
I can of course revert that.

And even worse, without even announcing an intent to commit and giving
> people a chance to object.
>

At least this patch was posted on the lists before commit, unlike many
others from many different people. And AFAIK there has never been such a
rule.

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