Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose
Date: 2024-05-16 21:06:56
Message-ID: d28897bf-8374-45d0-9bc3-8ed05c412b61@joeconway.com
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On 5/16/24 16:57, Jacob Champion wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> wrote:
>> Maybe we should just make it a policy that *nothing* gets moved forward
>> from commitfest-to-commitfest and therefore the author needs to care
>> enough to register for the next one?
>
> I think that's going to severely disadvantage anyone who doesn't do
> this as their day job. Maybe I'm bristling a bit too much at the
> wording, but not having time to shepherd a patch is not the same as
> not caring.

Maybe the word "care" was a poor choice, but forcing authors to think
about and decide if they have the "time to shepherd a patch" for the
*next CF* is exactly the point. If they don't, why clutter the CF with it.

--
Joe Conway
PostgreSQL Contributors Team
RDS Open Source Databases
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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