Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> If we accept this patch now because a bunch of
> people say they really, really want it, isn't that unfair to the
> people to whom we've already said "sorry, the deadline has passed"?
No, because each time we're talking procedures we're forgetting about a
simple fact. Commiters have the direct responsibility of the code, that
is why pushing work from non-commiters takes so much time. Commiting
your own code, you don't have a steep learning curve, and you don't have
to understand the use case and get convinced.
So the rules are not the same for commiter patches and contributor
patches, and there's no good in trying to have them the same or
pretending they are. In particular, only commiters are able to finish
and polish the work between the last commit fest and beta, and then they
will be on the hook to get to release candidate and release.
But you know all that better than I do.
I don't want a release as soon as possible, I want the best we are able
to provide, and I think adding in current $subject patch helps reaching
this goal. <include "baring show stoppers" QA disclaimer>
Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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