Josh Berkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (2) sorting the pending patches by complexity or subject matter
> Sorting them by complexity would be great, if I thought I could do it. I'm > not sure I can. We organized them by subject matter (or code area, really) in a couple of the earlier fests. I thought that was helpful then. On the other hand, the September fest didn't seem to break down that way. Until we see the final list it's hard to say how November will shake out. Earlier today I had a different thought about how to sort things early in the fest. I think that there is a strong temptation to finish off the "simple" patches quickly so as to reduce the size of the list --- I know I've done that and I think others have too. The trouble with simple-first is that problematic patches get left till later, which means that their authors don't have as much time to respond to any criticisms that may ultimately be forthcoming. I think it'd be a good idea to intentionally try to focus on difficult patches early, so that they can be bounced back to their authors with useful criticism while there's still time to do something in response. Not sure about details of this, but seems like a process issue that we ought to consider. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers