Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, 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>, 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 20:14:17
Message-ID: 4DAF3E99.4040603@dunslane.net
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On 04/20/2011 04:09 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 21:54, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Peter Eisentraut<peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>>> I would imagine one commit fest per month, but
>>> it's only a week long.
>> BTW, just as a thought experiment: what about a one-day CF once a week?
>> "Patch Tuesdays", if you will. Spend all day reviewing/committing,
>> bounce back whatever is not ready, patch authors try again next week.
> I think that would pretty much kill the process for any committer who
> is not employed to work full-time on postgresql *development*. Those
> who have other dayjobs (which may well be postgresql consulting or
> training or whatever) will probably end up dealing with significantly
> fewer patches, leaving even more of the burden on those who do have
> the dedicated schedule. I know I don't do as much reviewing/comitting
> as I'd like to do during the commitfests, but with a process like
> that, it would probably become more or less zero.
>

Yeah, I can't organize my time that way either.

cheers

andrew

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