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: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2024-05-17T21:05:49Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 3:51 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
>> I think it is a good rule.  I don't think that it shouldn't lead to putting
>> people on the pillory or kicking their patches, but I imagine that a committer
>> looking for somebody else's patch to work on could prefer patches by people
>> who are doing their share of reviews.

> If you give me an automated way to find that out, I'll consider paying
> some attention to it.

Yeah, I can't imagine that any committer (or reviewer, really) is
doing any such thing, because it would take far too much effort to
figure out how much work anyone else is doing.  I see CFMs reminding
everybody that this rule exists, but I don't think they ever try to
check it either.  It's pretty much the honor system, and I'm sure
some folk ignore it.

			regards, tom lane