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On ons, 2012-04-11 at 23:30 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> Now what would be sort of neat is if we had a way to keep all the
> versions of patch X plus author and reviewer information, links to
> reviews and discussion, etc. in some sort of centralized place.

Well, a properly linked email thread contains all this.  I have seen a
couple of anti-patterns evolving, though, including patch authors
starting a new email thread for each patch version, and reviewers
starting a new email thread for each review.  When that happens, the
existence of the commitfest app makes things worse, in a way.  (Of
course, any discussion here about bug trackers emphasizes the need for
email to be the primary communications method for this very reason.)