Re: [HACKERS] pgbench - allow to store select results into variables

On 08/14/2018 01:44 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> writes:
>> I have no doubt that some MUA around would forget to do the conversion.
> FWIW, one reason that I invariably use patch(1) to apply submitted patches
> is that it will take care of stripping any CRs that may have snuck in.
> So I'm not particularly fussed about the problem.


I also use patch(1), although probably mainly out of laziness in not 
changing habits going back to the CVS days ;-)

You obviously commit far more patches that I do, but I don't normally 
see patch complaining about CRs, which is why I raised the issue.


>
> I'm not excited about encouraging people to use application/octet-stream
> rather than text/something for submitted patches.  If you use text then
> the patch can easily be examined in the web archives; with
> application/octet-stream the patch has to be downloaded, adding a lot of
> manual overhead.  (At least, that's true with my preferred web browser,
> maybe it's different for other people?)
>
> 			


You might have a point. Compressed patched can be particularly annoying. 
Most other things my browser will download and pop unto geany for me.

cheers

andrew


-- 

Andrew Dunstan                https://www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services