Give the TODO list a little more verbose explanation

[Robert Treat]

People seem to get confused about just what the TODO list is, this patch gives
a more verbose explanation of how it works.

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

[Gavin Sherry]

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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[Robert Treat]

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

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Robert Treat
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[Tom Lane]

Gavin Sherry <s...@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

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