Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 10:08 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>> How much testing of this patch's concurrent behavior has been done?
>>> I'm wondering if any other locking thinkos are in there ...
>> This version of HOT is being developed from scratch, with as much
>> feedback from the community as possible. The idea was to build it up
>> brick by brick, so that each assumption/decision could be challenged as
>> we go. The idea was to avoid a huge review at the end, which could lead
>> to a fatal flaw being discovered too late to make the release.
>
> Yes, as Joshua Drake said, HOT is a model of how to develop complex
> patches in the community.
It certainly was better than many we have seen. Hats off to Simon and
Pavan.
Joshua D. Drake
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