Re: Commitfest process

Tom Lane wrote:
> This is reasonable for the sort of medium-to-large patch that the author
> has put a lot of time into.  But we also get a lot of small one-off
> patches where it's not so reasonable.  Now of course many of those get
> applied right away, but not all.  One of the services that Bruce's patch
> queue has always performed is making sure stuff like that doesn't fall
> through the cracks.  I don't think a purely author-driven patch queue
> will work to ensure that.
>
> We could combine the ideas: encourage authors to use the wiki, but have
> someone (probably Bruce ;-)) in charge of adding stuff to the wiki if
> the author doesn't.
>   
Stefan Kaltenbrunner said a script can be written to insert an entry 
into the wiki automatically when a new patch comes in. That would be 
ideal and would avoid manual intervention. The author can still update 
the wiki as needed.

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-02/msg00433.php


Regards,
-Robert