Re: Tags in the commitfest app: How to use them and what tags to add?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Jelte Fennema-Nio <me@jeltef.nl>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-07-01T03:21:15Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> I'm headed in the opposite direction. Let me elaborate with some very
> strong opinions about the existing tags. (No one has to share my
> strong opinions.)

I do ... in particular,

> - dblink
> - PL/Perl
> - postgres_fdw
> 
> I don't like these at all.

As an example of why these aren't too helpful, a patch that adds
a new kind of expression node is likely to touch a large subset
of any such code-area-based tags.

			regards, tom lane