Re: should I post the patch as committed?

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...
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