Re: Patch abstracts in the Commitfest app

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch abstracts in the Commitfest app
Date: 2021-11-12 15:31:35
Message-ID: 34665e47-52d7-3774-468c-c7ab277e8d12@pgmasters.net
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On 11/12/21 7:51 AM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>
> It should be a free-form textfield, and only apply to new submissions to avoid
> a need to backfill. The field should, IMHO, be mandatory. The implementation
> can be left to discussion on -www iff this list agrees that it would be a good
> thing.

+1.

The patch title is often not enough to tell what the patch does, and
patches also change over time. The abstract may also be helpful to the
committer when generating a commit message.

Regards,
--
-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net

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