Re: should I post the patch as committed?

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 18:30, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> >> Bruce suggested to me off-list that when I commit a patch with
> >> revisions, I ought to attach the committed patch to the email in which
> >> I say that I have committed it. ?I know that Bruce habitually does
> >> this, but I've never found it very helpful, since I prefer to look at
> >> the patch either using the pgsql-committers emails or the git
> >> respository.
> >
> > I quite agree --- people who want to read the committed patch are going
> > to go to the source, not to what somebody claims he committed.
> 
> Yeah, +1. I always go to one of the other sources (most of the time,
> the gitweb or git server).
> 
> It doesn't hurt to attach it if it happens to be around, but I
> wouldn't suggest spending any extra effort on it...

Well, many times I am applying a patch from an author that I have
modified, and I don't expect them to be subscribed to committers, so I
supply the patch as a courtesy so they can see my changes (and fix
them).  :-)

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