On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:57 AM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Melanie Plageman <melanieplage...@gmail.com> writes: > > So, anyway, I'd argue that we need a parking lot for patches which we > > all agree are important and have a path forward but need someone to do > > the last 20-80% of the work. To avoid this being a dumping ground, > > patches should _only_ be allowed in the parking lot if they have a > > clear path forward. Patches which haven't gotten any interest don't go > > there. Patches in which the author has clearly not addressed feedback > > that is reasonable for them to address don't go there. These are > > effectively community TODOs which we agree need to be done -- if only > > someone had the time. > > Hmm. I was envisioning "parking lot" as meaning "this is on my > personal TODO list, and I'd like CI support for it, but I'm not > expecting anyone else to pay attention to it yet".
+1. > I think what > you are describing is valuable but different. Maybe call it > "pending" or such? Or invent a different name for the other thing. Yeah, there should be someplace that we keep a list of things that are thought to be important but we haven't gotten around to doing anything about yet, but I think that's different from the parking lot CF. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com