Re: New idea for patch tracking

Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> Dave Page wrote:
> >>>>> ------- Original Message -------
> >>>>> From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
> >>>>> To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> >>>>> Sent: 05/05/07, 03:00:25
> >>>>> Subject: [HACKERS] New idea for patch tracking
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As for #3, again, I don't want us to take on a burdensome patch tracking
> >>>>> process that is more effort than it is worth, and the lack of people
> >>>>> jumping to even manage a simple web page for current 8.3 patches has me
> >>>>> questioning what kind of support a burdensome tracking system would
> >>>>> receive.
> >>>> I don't recall hearing you ask for people to help with a web page.
> >>> I want create and maintain a web page that tracks where we are on each
> >>> 8.3 patch, but have had not takers.
> >> are you thinking about something like
> >> http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php/Todo:WishlistFor83 on steriods
> >> (ie with more references to actual patches and discussion and
> >> explaination of functionality) or something completely different ?
> >> I'm a bit unsure on how this webpage would differ from a typical
> >> bugtracker ...
> >> Maybe you could give a concrete example for a particular patch in the
> >> queue so that everybody can follow ?
> >
> > At this point, just one line for each patch, and who is working on it:
> >
> > Patch, Author Committer
> > HOT Pavan ?
> > XML misc Peter
> > etc.
> >
>
> that would be easy to do on either the wishlist or a seperate wiki page
> and I would volunteer to do that if you think it is useful.

OK, you have to go back to Tom's email stating where we are on each
patch, then look over the patch application and find out which ones have
been applied. Also you have to read the replies to find out who has
taken ownership of patches.

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