Re: Assisting developers

Joe Conway wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> >>Well, I note (and I'm not being unkind or anything here) that a lot of
> >>the high level committers we have haven't been so active this release.
> >>Peter and Joe haven't been around much and Jan has been busy with Slony.
>
> I think this is (in part at least) a reflection of the economy finally
> picking up. Last year this time I had one major project going on --
> right now I'm juggling about a half dozen or so, any one of which could
> keep me busy full time. Add a couple of OSCON presentations to prepare,
> and several serial disasters/distractions at home (nothing life
> threatening, but all time consuming), and that leaves little-to-no time
> for recreational Postgres coding :(
>
> > The committing isn't really the issue. It is reviewing and giving
> > feedback to developers of complex features.
> >
>
> This is very true. But the fact that I have been able to commit what
> little I have done this release has at least off-loaded some work from
> you Bruce, hasn't it? I'm still green enough though that I'm not in a
> position to review anything too complex -- someone like Tom or Bruce
> would still need to follow up behind me, so it wouldn't really save them
> any time.

Yes, others have stepped up to commit things while I was busy --- Neil
and Joe come to mind.

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