Simon Riggs wrote: > On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 09:05 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 07:49 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > > >> A further point is that it's very difficult to > > >> keep track of progress if the CF page reflects a whole bunch of > > >> supposedly "Waiting on Author" patches that are really quite > > >> thoroughly dead. > > > > > > True, but the point under discussion is what to do if no reply is > > > received from an author. That is something entirely different from a > > > patch hitting a brick wall. > > > > > > We gain nothing by moving early on author-delay situations, so I suggest > > > we don't. > > > > No, we gain something quite specific and tangible, namely, the > > expectation that patch authors will stay on top of their patches if > > they want them reviewed by the community. If that expectation doesn't > > seem important to you, feel free to try running a CommitFest without > > it. If you can make it work, I'll happily sign on. > > I don't think so. We can assume people wrote a patch because they want > it included in Postgres. Bumping them doesn't help them or us, since > there is always an issue other than wish-to-complete. Not everybody is > able to commit time in the way we do and we should respect that better. > > Authors frequently have to wait a long time for a review; why should > reviewers not be as patient as authors must be? > > We should be giving authors as much leeway as possible, or they may not > come back.
By marking patches as 'returned with feedback' long before the end of the commit-fest, we show feedback of how close we are to completing the commit-fest. If we keep patches in limbo status, it is unclear how close we are to CF completion. And, of course, the author can reactivate the patch just by replying. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
