Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > > I think we are spoiled with Tom, Jan, and Vadim who just show up and
> > > produce 100% functional patches the first time.  Some people go at it in
> > > different ways.  Eventually it all gets working.  I can't tell you how
> > > many times I have added a feature or fixed something, and then had Tom
> > > Lane or Vadim come along and fix my fixes.
> > 
> > 2 points:
> > 
> > 	a) 100% functional patches *after* extensive discussion
> > 	b) Peter's change wasn't a fix
> 
> Usually some one cleans me up. :-)  Even with discussion, my stuff is
> not 100%.
> 
> I did code to extend the number of index columns >8, but broke the
> system in several ways.  Tom Lane fixed it for me.  I think I even
> committed it with a broken initdb, but figured out how to disable it
> while Tom and I worked on it.
> 
> Yes, but even my feature additions have problems.  :-)

There is a key factor involved in all of this ... how many of these
"bugs" were things that ppl would think about before it is
implemented?  

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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