Re: [Commitfest 2022-07] Begins Now

[dev hat]

On 7/15/22 18:07, Andres Freund wrote:
> IDK, I've plenty times given feedback and it took months till it all was
> implemented. What's the point of doing further rounds of review until then?

I guess I would wonder why we're optimizing for that case. Is it helpful
for that patch to stick around in an active CF for months? There's an
established need for keeping a "TODO item" around and not letting it
fall off, but I think that should remain separate in an application
which seems to be focused on organizing active volunteers.

And if that's supposed to be what Waiting on Author is for, then I think
we need more guidance on how to use that status effectively. Some
reviewers seem to use it as a "replied" flag. I think there's a
meaningful difference between soft-blocked on review feedback and
hard-blocked on new implementation. And maybe there's even a middle
state, where the patch just needs someone to do a mindless rebase.

I think you're in a better position than most to "officially" decide
that a patch can no longer benefit from review. Most of us can't do
that, I imagine -- nor should we.

Thanks,
--Jacob