On 12/15/2014 12:05 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> On 12/15/2014 11:27 AM, Robert Haas wrote: >>> I feel like we used to be better at encouraging people to participate >>> in the CF even if they were not experts, and to do the best they can >>> based on what they did know. That was a helpful dynamic. Sure, the >>> reviews weren't perfect, but more people helped, and reviewing some of >>> the patch well and some of it in a more cursory manner is way better >>> than reviewing none of it at all. >> >> Well, it was strongly expressed to me by a number of senior contributors >> on this list and at the developer meeting that inexpert reviews were not >> really wanted, needed or helpful. As such, I stopped recruiting new >> reviewers (and, for that matter, doing them myself). I don't know if >> the same goes for anyone else. > > Really? I thought we were pretty consistent in encouraging new reviewers. >
Read the thread on this list where I suggested crediting reviewers in the release notes. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
