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From: Daniel Gustafsson <[email protected]>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <[email protected]>
Cc: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: commitfest.postgresql.org is no longer fit for purpose
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 10:47:08 +0200
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> On 17 May 2024, at 09:32, Heikki Linnakangas <[email protected]> wrote:

> On the mailing list, notes like that are both noisy and easily lost in the threads. But as a little free-form text box on the commitfest, it would be handy.

On a similar note, I have in the past suggested adding a free-form textfield to
the patch submission form for the author to give a short summary of what the
patch does/adds/requires etc.  While the thread contains all of this, it's
likely quite overwhelming for many in general and new contributors in
particular.  A short note, on purpose limited to ~500 chars or so to not allow
mailinglist post copy/paste, could be helpful there I think (I've certainly
wanted one, many times over, especially when doing CFM).

> One risk is that if we start to rely too much on that, or on the other fields in the commitfest app for that matter, we de-value the mailing list archives. I'm not too worried about it, the idea is that the summary box just summarizes what's already been said on the mailing list, or is transient information like "I'll get to this tomorrow" that's not interesting to archive.

One way to ensure we capture detail could be if the system would send an
automated email to the thread summarizing the entry when it's marked as
"committed"?

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Daniel Gustafsson

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