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Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Jacob Champion <jacob.champion@enterprisedb.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-05-17T19:51:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, 2024-05-17 at 13:12 -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > Long time ago there was a "rule" that people submitting patches are expected
> > to do reviews. Perhaps we should be more strict this.
> 
> Big -1. How would we even be more strict about this? Public shaming? Withholding a commit?

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.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe