Re: Next commitfest app release is planned for March 18th - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 04.03.25 11:33, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> I'm curious if there was anything specific that you used the old
> homepage for. Especially things you did often that are now harder to
> do. The only things I used on the homepage were:
> 1. Going to the "In Progress" and "Open" commitfest (usually with one
> of the links that filter for patches related to me).
> 2. Going to the most-recently "Closed" commitfest to move/close my
> previously submitted patches.
> 3. Search for commitfest entries by Message-ID
> 
> I agree that the new homepage now hides the hierarchy of the site, but
> I'd say that most people using it probably don't really have to know
> about that hierarchy. At least not care so much that it should be on
> the initial page. I definitely have never clicked on a link for a
> commitfest that's older than a year.

I think the option of having a list of things that I'm involved in as an 
author *or* reviewer is actually very useful and something I have wanted 
from time to time.  But that is apparently not accessible using the 
normal search/filter mechanism, because that is *and*.  If that were 
somehow available, then I could just bookmark something like

commitfest.postgresql.org/current/?author=-3&reviewer=-3&option=or

You could even, if people like this overall idea, make this a redirect 
from commitfest.postgresql.org/.  Because then I have context and this 
makes sense in the hierarchy of the site, and I can work from there to 
adjust the filters.

The problem now is that the home page is a unicorn.  You can't get to 
that listing in any other way, and you can't make similar listing by 
starting from that listing and making adjustments to the filter.

I still think, however, that the homepage should provide overview and 
not bombard you with too much content immediately.  What is a 
commitfest, which commitfest exists, how many have existed, when is the 
next one, is there a next one, I think that helps people get context. 
After all, we want them to get used to the system and stick around.

Another possible concern is that if you log in and have no patches and 
have not signed up to review anything, then the default listing just 
show you nothing?

>> How does one get back to the old homepage?  I figured it out, you click
>> the "Archive" button.  Why is that a button?  Also, the row of buttons
>> is now seemingly a mix of actions on the current commit fest mixed with
>> site navigation.
> 
> That's primarily to mirror the style of the commitfest page a bit.
> i.e. Most of the buttons there are also links, i.e. "New patch" and
> all the items under "Shortcuts"

Ok, but "New patch" still feels like an action, and "Shortcuts" is a 
drop-down.  But "Archive" is really just a link to a different page 
without any (current or future) state changes.  You could also imagine 
"Archive" as an action, like "archive this", in which case a button 
would be more appropriate.