On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes: > Also, let's delete the TODO list. People keep using it as a source of > project ideas, and that's bad.
If we're not going to maintain/curate it properly, I agree it's not worth keeping it around. But I'd rather see somebody put some effort into it ...
It probably needs three sub-sections. Fist the raw ideas put forth by people not capable of implementation but needing capabilities; these get moved to one of two sections: ideas that have gotten some attention by core that have merit but don't have development interest presently; and one like this that have gotten the some attention and that core doesn't feel would be worth maintaining even if someone was willing to develop it. We already have this in practice but maybe a bit more formality would help.
I'm not seeing that having it, even if incorrect, does harm. Those who would develop from it should be using it as a conversation starter and even if it is discovered that the feature is no longer desirable or applicable that conversation will have been worthwhile to that person and probably many others browsing these mailing lists. I do think that all of the commit-fest managers (and release note writers/reviewers) for the release year could be asked/reminded to at least skim over the ToDo list at the end of their session and see whether anything was addressed by one of the commits that went in during their tenure and remove (or update) them.
A thread started by "hey, lets talk about this ToDo list item" is one that reinforces the value of having such a list - and at worse should result in that particular entry being updated in some fashion.