Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Do we prefer software that works or software

Josh Berkus wrote:

> Shachar,
>
>  
>
> > Now, I'm intending to do the best I can on my end. This does have a
> > pretty heavy cost. It means that the OLE DB driver will parse in details
> > each query, and perform replacements on the query text. This is bug
> > prone, difficult, hurts performance, and just plain wrong from a
> > software design perspective. The current drift of wind, however, means
> > that the PostgreSQL steering commite seems to prefer having a lesser
> > quality driver to seeing ugly uppercase.
> >    
>
> Hey, now wait a minute.   As far as I can tell, you've heard only from Tom 
> Lane on the steering committee (I may have missed some, though, I've been 
> sick)
Exactly. Of the people I heard from, the wind was against.

>   Unless the 5 of us take a vote, Tom Lane speaks for Tom Lane, not for 
> Core.    Also, usually this list or Patches determines by consensus what gets 
> in; the Core only gets involved in very unusual cases.
>  
That's why we are holding an open thread on the "how" in "hackers". I'm 
assuming that once the "how" is sufficiently resolved, and the 
implications understood, everyone can make a better decision on the "do 
we at all".

            Shachar

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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting
http://www.lingnu.com/


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