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From: Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Csaba Nagy <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Cc: postgres hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Feature freeze progress report
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 10:28:47 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>



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.
>
>   

There are multiple problems.

Of course no amount of technology will provide us with a bigger pool of 
qualified reviewers. That doesn't mean our present management methods 
are good - you seem to be just about the only person left who thinks 
they are.  Moving from using a quill to using a fountain pen or even a 
ballpoint doesn't mean we have more writers or better writers. But it 
does make writing easier and is therefore a good thing to do.

cheers

andrew

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