| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Cave-Ayland <mark(dot)cave-ayland(at)ilande(dot)co(dot)uk>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: Commitfest problems |
| Date: | 2014-12-16 10:32:22 |
| Message-ID: | CA+U5nMLEwUfx9O-xhhv1HhN3OwqO-NshhYn_0Ab=2N2WbTej_Q@mail.gmail.com |
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On 15 December 2014 at 19:52, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
> On 12/15/2014 11:27 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I feel like we used to be better at encouraging people to participate
>> in the CF even if they were not experts, and to do the best they can
>> based on what they did know. That was a helpful dynamic. Sure, the
>> reviews weren't perfect, but more people helped, and reviewing some of
>> the patch well and some of it in a more cursory manner is way better
>> than reviewing none of it at all.
>
> Well, it was strongly expressed to me by a number of senior contributors
> on this list and at the developer meeting that inexpert reviews were not
> really wanted, needed or helpful. As such, I stopped recruiting new
> reviewers (and, for that matter, doing them myself). I don't know if
> the same goes for anyone else.
I don't remember saying that, hearing it or agreeing with it and I
don't agree with it now.
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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