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Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2

Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com>

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From: Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>, Jim Nasby <jim@nasby.net>, Herrera Alvaro <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-15T17:19:57Z
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  1. Add pg_describe_object function

2011/1/15 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> But I can read the handwriting on the wall: if I want this done right,
> I'm going to have to do it myself.
>
>                        regards, tom lane

Excellently put! I will with pride steal that phrase and use it
whenever I run into the same situation myself.
Quite often a proposed "good enough solution" introduces unnecessary
complexity and awkwardness, while at the same time the "proper
solution" requires an unproportionally amount of resources to
accomplish.
The model most people adapt is a mix of both. Spend time on details
when it is absolutely necessary and accept "good enough solutions"
until someone (not necessarily yourself, like you suggested) gets
motivated enough to implement the "proper solution".

I don't think and I hope it's not just one guy in the universe who can
get it "done right".

So, instead of fighting like war maniacs on this
god-damn-two-lines-of-code-patch, could Tom please describe to the
patch submitter what you mean with get it "done right", and perhaps
the patch submitter will be motivated enough to invest a few
hundred/thousands hours of his time to solve the problem the way
hinted by Tom?

-- 
Best regards,

Joel Jacobson
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