Re: Signing off of patches (was Re: Not ready for 8.3)

"Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com> writes:
> On 05/18/2007 08:59:11 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'd like to see something that emphasizes review and feedback at the
>> stages of germinal idea, rough functional spec, implementation
>> concept,

> Speaking as a larval Postgres hacker I have trouble asking about
> the germinal idea and rough functional spec parts.  Without
> having some clue about the implementation concept it's
> difficult for me to imagine whether or not I want to
> or will be able to put the effort into making the actual
> code work.

Well, but if you ask at an early stage it's perfectly fair to ask for
comments on how much work an implementation of idea X might be.  Plus
people could save you from wasting time going down dead-end paths.
        regards, tom lane