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Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 13:01:00 +0100
From: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
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To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
CC: Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>,
	postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Feature freeze progress report
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Csaba Nagy wrote:
>>> We have _ample_ evidence that the problem is lack of people able to
>>> review patches, and yet there is this discussion to track patches
>>> better.  It reminds me of someone who has lost their keys in an alley,
>>> but is looking for them in the street because the light is better there.
>> Bruce, I guess the analogy fails on the fact that you're not looking for
>> a key, but for people, and I thought "better light" will attract people
>> to find you instead of you to need to search...
> 
> I believe the problem is not that there isn't enough information, but
> not enough people able to do the work.  Seeking solutions in areas that
> aren't helping was the illustration.
> 

OK, so how do we attract more people if not by making the job easier for 
them? It's not like there aren't plenty of very clever people here - we 
just need to encourage them to chip in - and making the task less 
daunting by making *all* the information they need readily available 
seems a good start too me.

And heck, we're database people - storing and retrieving the data to do 
a job is exactly what we do!

Regards, Dave.