Re: [HACKERS] RE: cvs-commit-digest V1 #856

"Ross J. Reedstrom" wrote:
> Ah Don, that's a little harsh, isn't it?

Yes, it was a little harsh, and Don apologized.

> Did Peter's actions in checking in
> code lose you one minutes work, either time? I seem to recall that your not
> tracking the CVS (which you shouldn't).

Wrong -- Don is one of the core (or lead) developers porting the
ArsDigita Community System from Oracle to PostgreSQL -- and in order to
do this he has indeed been tracking the CVS -- and in fact he is running
the pre-beta PostgreSQL 7 right now on a site with the pre-pre-beta ACS
port to PostgreSQL running on the beta AOLserver 3.0.  He also is a
major maintainer of the AOLserver driver for postgresql -- which could
be directly impacted by these changes.  So, even though Don hasn't been
a heavy contributor here as yet, I believe that he has a right to let
his position be known -- although a little more gently, perhaps.

Why does he need to do this?  Two words: Referential Integrity, which is
heavily used by the ACS.

I also track the current CVS -- but for a totally different reason, as I
want to be able to release RPMs of the beta release the same day as the
beta release -- thus, I am doing trial builds of RPM's against the CVS. 
However, this current issue doesn't impact me in the slightest -- which
is why I have not and will not say anything about it.

-- 
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
1 Peter 4:11