Re: Commitfest problems

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On 12/11/2014 01:07 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 03:47:29PM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> On 12/11/14 1:35 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> I have heard repeated concerns about the commitfest process in
>>> the past few months. The fact we have been in a continual
>>> commitfest since August also is concerning.
>>
>> I realized the other day, I'm embracing the idea of a continual
>> commitfest.
>>
>> I'm still working on patches from the last commitfest. Why not?
>> They didn't expire. Sure, it would have been nicer to get them
>> done sooner, but what are you gonna do? The fact that Nov 15 <
>> now < Dec 15 isn't going to change the fact that I have a few
>> hours to spare right now and the patches are still relevant.
>>
>> As far as I'm concerned, we might as well just have one
>> commitfest per major release. Call it a patch list. Make the
>> list sortable by created date and last-updated date, and let the
>> system police itself. At least that's honest.
>
> Wow, that's radical, and interesting.

Actually, to me it sounds a lot like what we did 10 years ago before
the commitfests except with a way to track the patches (other than the
mail archives) and more people participating in patch reviews.

Joe

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