Re: Commit fest queue

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:30:32 -0700
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> > I don't know what you're talking about. There are two wiki pages,
> > one for the March commitfest and one for May. How can you be
> > confused on which one are you supposed to look at?
> >
> > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/CommitFest:March
> >
> > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/CommitFest:May
>
> Am I supposed to look at the wiki page or bruce pages, or am I
> supposed to replying on the list about something. All of which happen
> during this fest.

O.k. after reviewing it seems the wiki stuff came in a bit late but
even looking at the wiki... this is the problem I see.

I go to the wiki page:

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/CommitFest:May

I click the patch for EXPLAIN progress info:

http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/87wsn82lda.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com

The message comes up.

Granted... very, very cool that this is all linked, so +1.

But now what?

* Where do I comment?
* Where do I submit my updated patch that fixes a small syntax error
that Greg made?
* How do I track it in the future?
* Do I go to the wiki page again?
* If I go to the wiki page again and click on the patch is it going
to take me right back to the archive page?
* If it takes me right back to the archives page, am I going to be
plowing through 50 comments in the web archive format (which is
laborious and inefficient for this sort of thing) in order to find the
next relevant email (which would be the first one after I submitted my
update to the patch?)
* After I submitted my comments where do I go?
* Do I submit them to -patches?
* Or hackers?
* What about cross threads?
* Am I going to have to do that for every single patch I review?

And in looking at this further, if I look at the Column Level
privelages patch on the wiki, the archive page goes to a -hackers email.

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-04/msg00049.php

* Do I now respond to the hackers list?

Lastly, how is this sustainable? I don't see anything that is reducing
Bruce's workload. (for example)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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