Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- straw poll - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- straw poll
Date
Msg-id 51C9E519.9070704@agliodbs.com
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In response to Kudos for Reviewers -- straw poll  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Kudos for Reviewers -- straw poll  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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On 06/25/2013 11:26 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2013-06-25 11:04:38 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>> a) not at all
>>> b) in a single block titled "Reviewers for this version" at the bottom.
>>> c) on the patch they reviewed, for each patch
>>
>> C. The idea that reviewers are somehow less than authors is rather
>> disheartening.
> 
> It's not about the reviewers being less. It's a comparison of
> effort. The effort for a casual review simply isn't comparable with the
> effort spent on developing a nontrivial patch.

On the other hand, I will point out that we currently have a shortage of
reviewers, and we do NOT have a shortage of patch submitters.  Seems
like we should apply incentives where we need help, no?

Mind you, my votes are (B), (A), and (A).

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com



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