Re: Releasing in September

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Releasing in September
Date: 2016-01-20 19:01:39
Message-ID: CANP8+jKYHOxXB7orMPoeyKFWthfG2bVnvMGwHvBWPMQBnibh_w@mail.gmail.com
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On 20 January 2016 at 16:29, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:

> I think one thing we should work on, is being absolutely religious about
> requiring, say, 2 reviews for every nontrivial contribution. We
> currently seem to have a significantly increased submission rate, and at
> the same time the number of reviews per patch has gone down
> substantially. I think the "honor" system has failed in that regard.
>

It failed because its never mentioned or even attempted to be enforced.

Some way to balance submissions against reviews is now essential.

If we believe in "peer review", we need peers that review.

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