Give the TODO list a little more verbose explanation

Robert,

I think there are some mistakes with your addition. Here's a reworked
paragraph:

---
This is a list of items which have been put to or discussed by
contributors to the project. Many items have been discussed extensively on
the mailing lists, the archives of which can be found here:
http://archives.postgresql.org. Appearance on this list means that at
least one major contributor considered the idea worth further
investigation or implementation.

As such, an item's appearance on this list does not mean it is being
actively developed: look for items with a name following them to see items
that have been claimed for active development

If you are interested in contributing code for a specific item, first
consult the developer's FAQ at
http://developer.postgresql.org/readtext.php?src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html+Developers-FAQ

If an item has brackets "[]", there is more detail available, so be sure
to read that before posting.

Items with a hyphen (-) mark changes that have completed and will appear
in the 8.1 release.
---

Gavin

This is certainly nicer than what I had. This seems to be mostly a copy/paste
change, but if I need to submit a new patch lmk.

Robert Treat

On Saturday 13 November 2004 03:57, Gavin Sherry wrote:

Robert,

I think there are some mistakes with your addition. Here's a reworked
paragraph:

---
This is a list of items which have been put to or discussed by
contributors to the project. Many items have been discussed extensively on
the mailing lists, the archives of which can be found here:
http://archives.postgresql.org. Appearance on this list means that at
least one major contributor considered the idea worth further
investigation or implementation.

As such, an item's appearance on this list does not mean it is being
actively developed: look for items with a name following them to see items
that have been claimed for active development

If you are interested in contributing code for a specific item, first
consult the developer's FAQ at
http://developer.postgresql.org/readtext.php?src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html+Developer
s-FAQ

If an item has brackets "[]", there is more detail available, so be sure
to read that before posting.

Items with a hyphen (-) mark changes that have completed and will appear
in the 8.1 release.
---

Gavin

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au> writes:

Robert,
I think there are some mistakes with your addition. Here's a reworked
paragraph:

FWIW, I like Gavin's wording better, because it makes it clearer that
there's not necessarily consensus on any particular TODO item being
a good idea.

regards, tom lane

I added a much shorter description to the top of the TODO list:

This list contains all known PostgreSQL bugs and feature requests. If
you would like to work on an item, please read the developer's FAQ
first.

I used the wording "feature requests" so it was clear these are request
and might not have 100% agreement from the community.

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Gavin Sherry wrote:

Robert,

I think there are some mistakes with your addition. Here's a reworked
paragraph:

---
This is a list of items which have been put to or discussed by
contributors to the project. Many items have been discussed extensively on
the mailing lists, the archives of which can be found here:
http://archives.postgresql.org. Appearance on this list means that at
least one major contributor considered the idea worth further
investigation or implementation.

As such, an item's appearance on this list does not mean it is being
actively developed: look for items with a name following them to see items
that have been claimed for active development

If you are interested in contributing code for a specific item, first
consult the developer's FAQ at
http://developer.postgresql.org/readtext.php?src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html+Developers-FAQ

If an item has brackets "[]", there is more detail available, so be sure
to read that before posting.

Items with a hyphen (-) mark changes that have completed and will appear
in the 8.1 release.
---

Gavin

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