Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, YUriy Zhuravlev <u(dot)zhuravlev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: No Issue Tracker - Say it Ain't So!
Date: 2016-01-07 04:35:19
Message-ID: 568DEB07.6020406@BlueTreble.com
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On 1/6/16 9:22 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com> writes:
>>> Somewhat related to that, I don't believe there's any reason why commit
>>> fest managers need to be committers; it seems like the job is really
>>> just about reading through email activity to see where things are at.
>>
>> They don't need to be.
>
> More thoughts on that. I would even think the contrary, someone who
> has just monitored for 1/2 years -hackers and knowing how things are
> handled would be able to do this job as well, the only issue being to
> juggle with many threads at the same time, to be sure that each patch
> status is correct, and to not lose motivation during the CF. The last
> one is the hardest by far.

Sorry, I inadvertently used 'committer' when I should have said 'coder'.
There's nothing code related about CFM, and I think it's a dis-service
to the community to have coders serving that role.
--
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com

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