Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Actually, that can happen with the current system. The real blocker there is
> that some people, particularly Tom, work so fast that there's no chance for a
> new reviewer to tackle the easy stuff. Maybe the real solution is to
> encourage some of our other contributors to get their feet wet with easy
> patches so that they can help with the big ones later on?
Yeah, I hear what you say. This is particularly a problem for small bug
fixes: I tend to zing small bugs quickly, first because I enjoy finding/
fixing them and second because I worry that they'll fall off the radar
screen if not fixed. But I am well aware that fixing those sorts of
issues is a great way to learn your way around the code (I think that's
largely how I learned whatever I know about Postgres). I'd be more
willing to stand aside and let someone else do it if I had confidence
that issues wouldn't get forgotten. So in a roundabout way we come back
to the idea that we need a bug tracker (NOT a patch tracker), plus
people putting in the effort to make sure it stays a valid source
of up-to-date info. Without the latter it won't really be useful.
regards, tom lane