Re: Commitfest problems

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
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: 2014-12-15 20:05:58
Message-ID: CAM3SWZSmVQzXVgaCJJ25bD9UaAkEMPbLaVZcj_yskvO4YK_=1g@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:52 AM, 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.

Really? I thought we were pretty consistent in encouraging new reviewers.

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Peter Geoghegan

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