* Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080307 13:11]: > > Ideas and discussion are important (actually vital). But the > > commit-fest is a period that reviewers and committers set apart time to > > process the *products* of ideas and proposals that have come about so > > far. > > Well, when do we make decisions on these non-patch issue? Seems the > commit fest is the right time to that too.
There are 2 big decisions in the process: 1) Is this "feature/topic" worth *me* working on? 2) Is the result of that work worth going into "official" PostgreSQL CVS? #1 is made by the developer, hopefully based on some initial discussion on the lists. IF the discussion is overwhelmingly dismissive, or negative, or points in the some other direction, hopefully that decision will be an easy "no", so the developer doesn't waste his time. But the reviewers/committers *don't* decide if or what is worth a developer's effort. Even if it's *not* something that the community sees working out for PostgreSQL, it very well *may* be something "worth it" for the developer to pursue himself. It's simply his decision. And even if it *is* something that may be very good and desirable for PostgreSQL, the community can't make a developer work on it. It's an open source project. #2 is made by the reviewers/committers when the person presents the work he thought "worth it". And they can only make that decision when there is "something" to decide on. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, [EMAIL PROTECTED] command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave.
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