Re: next CommitFest

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jaime Casanova
<jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Jaime Casanova
>> <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec> wrote:
>>> why we need a full time manager at all?
>>> why not simply use -rrreviewers to track the status of a patch? of
>>> course, we hope the author or reviewer to change the status as
>>> appropiate but we have seen many people including missing discussions
>>> and changing the status of hanging patches...
>>
>> Well, actually, that's precisely were I've been putting in a ton of
>> work - making sure patches aren't left hanging.
>
> that's why i guess sending automatic mails would be a good way to
> remember that a reviewer had a patch in their control or to tell
> reviewers/committers there are still patches for review/commit

I think an automatic system would probably not be too valuable, but
you're welcome to submit a patch against commitfest.postgresql.org
(source code is published at git.postgresql.org) I'd recommend
proposing a design on -hackers first.

It's easy to generate systems that spew out a lot of email, but the
system doesn't really have any understanding of what is really going
on. When I send out emails to nag people, I actually put quite a bit
of thought into what I say. Sometimes I try to summarize the current
status of the patch, sometimes I add my own thoughts, sometimes I just
fire off a one-liner. I think that adds value, but perhaps I
overestimate myself.

...Robert