Re: [PATCH] CF app: add "Returned: Needs more interest"

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 02:53:23PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > My impression is that a lot of the patches floating from CF to CF have gotten
> > sceptical feedback and at best a minor amount of work to address that has been
> > done.
>
> That I think is a distinct issue: nobody wants to take on the
> unpleasant job of saying "no, we don't want this" in a final way.
> We may raise some objections but actually rejecting a patch is hard.
> So it tends to slide forward until the author gives up.

Agreed. There is a sense when I look at patches in that status that
they seem like a good idea to someone and could be useful to someone,
but the overhead or complexity it would add to the software doesn't seem
warranted. It is complex to explain that to someone, and since it is a
judgement call, not worth the argument.

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