From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> |
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To: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose |
Date: | 2024-05-17 12:49:54 |
Message-ID: | 5e28058f-6622-48ce-97c9-257051f905ff@eisentraut.org |
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On 17.05.24 13:36, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> On 17 May 2024, at 13:13, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> But if we are to guess what those reasons might be, Tom has already
>> admitted he does that for CI, and I do the same, so probably other
>> people also do it. I also suspect that some people are essentially
>> using the CF app as a personal todo list. By sticking patches in there
>> that they intend to commit next cycle, they both (1) feel virtuous,
>> because they give at least the appearance of following the community
>> process and inviting review before they commit and (2) avoid losing
>> track of the stuff they plan to commit.
>>
>> There may be other reasons, too.
>
> I think there is one more which is important: 3) Giving visibility into "this
> is what I intend to commit". Few can follow -hackers to the level where they
> can have an overview of ongoing and/or finished work which will go in. The CF
> app does however provide that overview. This is essentially the TODO list
> aspect, but sharing one's TODO isn't all bad, especially for maintainers.
Ok, but these cases shouldn't use a separate "parking lot". They should
use the same statuses and flow diagram as the rest. (Maybe with more
dotted lines, sure.)
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