HI Alexander Welcome， Would you be interested in reviewing this path? （ https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/6188/）
Thanks On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 8:18 AM Alexander Borisov <[email protected]> wrote: > 30.01.2026 02:44, Tom Lane пишет: > > Alexander Borisov <[email protected]> writes: > >> I have a question for the community. While waiting for feedback on my > >> own patches, I was wondering: is there value in me reviewing other > >> people's patches, even though I am not a committer here? > > > > Yes, absolutely. Even if you don't catch every problem that a > > person with committer-level experience might catch, every problem > > you do catch is one less thing for the eventual committer to deal > > with. > > > > Another reason why we encourage people of all experience levels > > to do code reviews is that that is amazingly useful for gaining > > familiarity with the Postgres code base, which is important for > > becoming a more senior-level contributor. Committers don't appear > > out of nowhere; they gained the necessary knowledge by working on > > patches, both their own and others'. > > > >> I’ve been around here for over a year, and sometimes it feels like the > >> project lacks a dedicated coordinator to direct contributor and reviewer > >> efforts. Because of this, I'm not always sure which patches deserve > >> attention first. > > > > You presume a degree of top-down organization that doesn't exist > > around here. People work on whatever catches their fancy (or, > > perhaps, what their company wants them to work on ... but that is no > > business of the community at large). That applies to reviews just as > > much as to writing the patches in the first place. So review what you > > find interesting or what you think you can say something useful about. > > > Thank you for your reply, it makes the community's approach clearer. > Therefore, I can confidently review patches in the mailing list and > offer my own options/edits. > With confidence that this is really useful for the community, and the > committers. > > -- > Regards, > Alexander Borisov > > > >
