Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- wrapping it up - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- wrapping it up
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Msg-id 20130807171054.GG4503@alap2.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- wrapping it up  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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On 2013-08-07 10:04:08 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> > There are three issues here:
> > 
> > 1.  What will best motive reviewers?
> > 2.  What is a reasonable effort to accomplish #1?
> > 3.  What is acceptable for release note readers?
> > 
> > You seem to be only focused on #1, and you don't want to address the
> > other items --- that's fine --- I will still be around if people lose
> > interest or the system becomes unworkable.
> 
> Both I and other people have already addressed #2 and #3.  You're also
> having a huge failure of perspective here.  Motivating reviewers allows
> our project to continue developing PostgreSQL.  Items 2 and 3 are so
> insignificant in comparison to that as to not be worth discussing.
> 
> In the novels The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, there's a spaceship
> which has been waiting 1000 years to take off because it's waiting for a
> load of lemon-soaked paper napkins to be loaded.  You are being Mr.
> Lemon-Soaked Paper Napkin.

Holy crap Josh. I agree that we should give reviews space in the release
notes, but could you please cut the ad-hominem bullshit? You're
preventing your own success here.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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