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1. Massimo assistance

   Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1998-02-15T02:27:45Z

   I have asked Massimo if he is more able to get involved in development.
   His reply is attached.  He has submitted a major patch that we need to
   discuss as a group.
   
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   > > > > I am submitting this patch for people to review.
   > > > > 
   > > > > It fixes several problems in the lock manager.  Let me show you how to
   > > > > reproduce them.  Try this before applying the patch and you will see the
   > > > > old bugs.
   > > > > 
   > > > 
   > > > I'm sorry for the delay but I have been very busy in the last weeks.
   > > > I have an old patch which does something similar. I have submitted it
   > > > and many others to the patches mailing list. Plase have a look at it.
   > > 
   > > I will certainly check the archives.  I remember a lock debug patch we
   > > applied several months ago, but I don't rememeber anything else.  I will
   > > find it.
   > > 
   > > Massimo, you certainly know the code.  It would be nice if you had more
   > > time to get involved in the development effort.  I know you send in
   > > patches from time to time, but it would be nice if you could be more
   > > involved in discussions and fielding bug/feature requests.
   > > 
   > > -- 
   > > Bruce Momjian
   > > maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
   > > 
   > 
   > Hi Bruce,
   > 
   > I'm sorry for the delay in answering your message but I have been forced
   > off line for three weeks (forced at home with all the university modems
   > unusable).  But also under normal conditions I can usually read my e-mail
   > once for week and in I'm in general too busy to follow all the discussions
   > in the mailing lists.  For these reasons I can't partecipate actively to
   > the postgres developement.  The only thing I can reasonably do is find some
   > bugs and submit patches when I need them fixed urgently.
   
   
   -- 
   Bruce Momjian
   maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
   
   

2. Adding README files to source

   Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1998-02-15T18:05:25Z

   As people start understanding certain areas of the code, would you
   please send in a README file for that directory, so future developers
   can be aided by your knowledge of how things work?
   
   I have done README files for the parser and optimizer, but many more
   need to be done or added to.
   
   Vadim is adding one to the optimizer/planner about subselects, and
   perhaps Massimo can add to the lock README file.  A good README would
   have helped me a lot in adding the deadlock detection code.  I had to
   figure it out myself instead.
   
   These README's can be added up to the last day of release because they
   don't affect the code.
   
   -- 
   Bruce Momjian
   maillist@candle.pha.pa.us