Re: Patch Submission Guidelines

Tom Lane said:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> How much time would you need? I think having every patch built before
>> anyone even looks at the code would sort out most of the issues I
>> mentioned.
>
> If I ran a buildfarm machine, I'd turn it off immediately if anyone
> proposed setting up a system that would cause it to run code no one had
> vetted... so I don't think the above will fly. It might or might not
> be worth doing something with patches that have passed some kind of
> initial review but aren't yet applied.
>

Yes, I agree. Whast I had in mind was adding some sort of experimental
branch to CVS.

> IMHO the thing we are really seriously short of is patch reviewers.
> Neil and Bruce and I seem to be the only ones doing that much at all,
> and the main burden is falling on Bruce. More eyeballs would help much
> more than throwing machines at the problem.
>

Unfortunately, demands from my real job increased enormously right at the
time I was given commit privileges. I don't know when that will change.

People can review without having commit privs, though.

cheers

andrew