Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>,
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>,
PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-05-16T21:08:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com> writes: > On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> wrote: >> Maybe we should just make it a policy that *nothing* gets moved forward >> from commitfest-to-commitfest and therefore the author needs to care >> enough to register for the next one? > I think that's going to severely disadvantage anyone who doesn't do > this as their day job. Maybe I'm bristling a bit too much at the > wording, but not having time to shepherd a patch is not the same as > not caring. Also, I doubt that there are all that many patches that have simply been abandoned by their authors. Our problem is the same as it's been for many years: not enough review person-power, rather than not enough patches. So I think authors would just jump through that hoop, or enough of them would that it wouldn't improve matters. regards, tom lane