Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dan Ports <drkp(at)csail(dot)mit(dot)edu>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, cbbrowne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>, greg <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers
Date: 2011-04-20 20:25:12
Message-ID: 17460.1303331112@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 04/20/2011 04:09 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 21:54, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> BTW, just as a thought experiment: what about a one-day CF once a week?
>>> "Patch Tuesdays", if you will. Spend all day reviewing/committing,
>>> bounce back whatever is not ready, patch authors try again next week.

>> I think that would pretty much kill the process for any committer who
>> is not employed to work full-time on postgresql *development*.

> Yeah, I can't organize my time that way either.

True, and any fixed day of the week would let out X number of people
anyway. But ignoring scheduling difficulties, my point here is that
it seems like the shorter the cycle, the better, for a lot of purposes.
Can we do any better than once-a-month, or is that the limit given that
people need flexible schedules within the fest?

regards, tom lane

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