I have updated the developers FAQ item 1.9 to address this: http://developer.postgresql.org/readtext.php?src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html+Developers-FAQ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 01:51:28AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Let me add one more thing on this "thread". This is one email in a > > long list of "Oh, gee, you aren't using that wizz-bang new > > sync/thread/aio/raid/raw feature" discussion where someone shows up > > and wants to know why. Does anyone know how to address these, > > efficiently? > > If somebody pops up asks such dumb questions without even looking at the > FAQ, it is bad, if not idiotic, because it takes useful time away from > the developers. > > But my question was not `why don't you implement this feature?`, but `do > you have plans to implement this feature in the future?', and in the > open source spirit of `if something is not there, go implement it > yourself - without troubling developers' ;) > > Also, I have read the section 1.9 of the developers FAQ (Why don't we > use threads in the backend?) long, long ago. > > > If we discuss it, it ends up causing a lot of effort on our part for > > the requestor to finally say, "Oh, gee, I didn't realize that." > > Please don't. See the "NB" at end of my first mail of this thread. > > Anuradha > > -- > > Debian GNU/Linux (kernel 2.4.18-xfs-1.1) > > QOTD: > "I'll listen to reason when it comes out on CD." > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])