Re: Huge commitfest app update upcoming: Tags, Draft CF, Help page, and automated commitfest creat/open/close

On 16.06.25 14:47, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> # Draft CF
>
> There's now an additional Draft CF. People can move patches there as a
> way of not forgetting about them. CFBot will rerun these patches less
> frequently (exact behaviour TBD). Draft CFs are never "In Progress"
> and are open until the final CF of the release cycle becomes "In
> Progress". So PG19-Drafts will close on February 28th 2026, and at the
> same moment PG20-Drafts will be opened.

Can we clarify the expectations around this?

In some early discussions, I had heard this being talked about as a
"parking lot". You can put patches there so that they get CI runs, but
no one else is really expected to pay attention to them. Makes sense.

But many patches that are routinely submitted to normal commit fests are
really drafts, in that they are in an early phase of development but
still need feedback.

I sense there could be some confusion whether such draft patches should
go into the regular commit fest or the draft commit fest, and then also
when they should move between them.