Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping

> >>>> I think we are spoiled with Tom, Jan, and Vadim who just show up and
> >>>> produce 100% functional patches the first time.
> 
> Who, me?  Go back and read the CVS logs for all my "oops..." messages.

But you fix your own oops.  Sometimes I throw in the towel.

> 
> >> a) 100% functional patches *after* extensive discussion
> >
> > Usually some one cleans me up. :-)  Even with discussion, my stuff is
> > not 100%.
> 
> Assuming that Peter is still listening and hasn't given up in disgust,
> I think the take-home point here is "discuss first, implement second".
> Even the guys who have been working with Postgres the longest are
> keenly aware that they don't know all there is to know about the
> system.  *That's* why we have developed a tradition of sending proposals
> to the list before doing anything major.  Very often there's someone
> who knows a little more than you do about one aspect or another, and
> will be able to save you from a mistake.

Yes.  We certainly have driven that point home.

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