Re: next CommitFest

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Albert Cervera i Areny <albert(at)nan-tic(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>
Subject: Re: next CommitFest
Date: 2009-11-13 14:31:21
Message-ID: 200911131431.nADEVLD02980@momjian.us
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 08:47 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > We do ask people to write docs, but I
> > don't think we will reject patches if people don't supply docs.
>
> Yes, that is a good example. It's "a rule", plain and simple. Nobody
> gets their spleen removed for breaking it, yet it is still somehow
> enforced.
>
> I find it strange that suggesting a new rule is opposed on the general
> basis that *any* rule cannot be enforced; surely therefore we cannot
> have new rules at all, ever? We clearly do have new rules from time to
> time. So what's wrong with this new rule?
>
> Should we update the FAQ to say, "enclosing docs with a patch is a rule,
> but actually its not really and you only suffer mild rebuke if you break
> it and can therefore be ignored"?

Well, right now we ask for docs, but if they are not supplied, I think
we just write them ourselves. Is a different enforcement method being
suggested here?

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