Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dan Ports <drkp(at)csail(dot)mit(dot)edu>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, andrew <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, cbbrowne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>, greg <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers
Date: 2011-04-20 18:50:04
Message-ID: 15730.1303325404@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I think we should put less temporal emphasis on the finishing part, but
> use the time better. I would imagine one commit fest per month, but
> it's only a week long. Then everyone can really concentrate on the
> commit fest, people get faster feedback, but there is ultimately more
> time to do other things. Something to think about.

Yeah, maybe. To do that, we'd have to strongly resist the temptation to
spend a lot of time fixing up submitted patches --- if it's not pretty
darn close to committable, back it goes. But that might be a good thing
all around. I find this idea attractive.

regards, tom lane

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