Re: [9.4 CF 1] The Commitfest Slacker List

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [9.4 CF 1] The Commitfest Slacker List
Date: 2013-06-24 17:59:37
Message-ID: 20130624175937.GF8950@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-06-24 10:50:42 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> > The problem with that is that that HUGELY depends on the patch and the
> > review. There are patches where reviewers do a good percentage of the
> > work and others where they mostly tell that "compiles & runs".
>
> This project is enormously stingy with giving credit to people. It's
> not like it costs us money, you know.

Listing a reviewer that didn't do all that much at the same level as the
author or an somebody having done an extensive review will cost you
contributors in the long run.

I am all for introducing a "Contributed by reviewing: ..." section in
the release notes.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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