Re: Commitfest problems

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Commitfest problems
Date: 2014-12-11 07:00:21
Message-ID: 54894105.5060606@agliodbs.com
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On 12/10/2014 10:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have heard repeated concerns about the commitfest process in the past
> few months. The fact we have been in a continual commitfest since
> August also is concerning.
>
> I think we are reaching the limits on how much we can do with our
> existing commitfest structure, and it might be time to consider changes.
> While the commitfest process hasn't changed much and was very successful
> in the first few years, a few things have changed externally:
>
> 1 more new developers involved in contributing small patches
> 2 more full-time developers creating big patches
> 3 increased time demands on experienced Postgres developers

I will add:

4. commitfest managers have burned out and refuse to do it again

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

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