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Subject: Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 21:30:10 +0200
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> On 16 May 2024, at 20:30, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

> The original intent of CommitFests, and of commitfest.postgresql.org
> by extension, was to provide a place where patches could be registered
> to indicate that they needed to be reviewed, thus enabling patch
> authors and patch reviewers to find each other in a reasonably
> efficient way. I don't think it's working any more.

But which part is broken though, the app, our commitfest process and =
workflow
and the its intent, or our assumption that we follow said process and =
workflow
which may or may not be backed by evidence?  IMHO, from being CMF many =
times,
there is a fair bit of the latter, which excacerbates the problem.  This =
is
harder to fix with more or better software though.=20

> I spent a good deal of time going through the CommitFest this week

And you deserve a big Thank You for that.

--
Daniel Gustafsson