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

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 2:04 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Oh, that's an independent pet peeve of mine.  Usually, if I'm
> looking over the CF list for a patch to review, I skip over ones
> that already show an assigned reviewer, because I don't want to
> step on that person's toes.  But it seems very common to put
> one's name down for review without any immediate intention of
> doing work.  Or to do a review and wander off, leaving the patch
> apparently being tended to but not really.  (And I confess I'm
> occasionally guilty of both things myself.)

Yep, I do the same thing (and have the same pet peeve).

> I think it'd be great if we could separate "I'm actively reviewing
> this" from "I'm interested in this".  As a bonus, adding yourself
> to the "interested" list would be a fine proxy for the thumbs-up
> or star markers mentioned upthread.
>
> If those were separate columns, we could implement some sort of
> aging scheme whereby somebody who'd not commented for (say)
> a week or two would get quasi-automatically moved from the "active
> reviewer" column to the "interested" column, whereupon it wouldn't
> be impolite for someone else to sign up for active review.

+1!

--Jacob