On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 4:02 AM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> On 2019-02-07 12:53:39 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > What is the meaning of this? If something is meant for 13, shouldn't it
> > be moved to the next commit fest?
>
> Why? There's plenty stuff that's chugging along in development but ought
> to be processed at less urgency / by different people, than the stuff
> targeted to be committed soon. It's already frustrating to contribute to
> postgresql for new people, but if they don't get feedback for half a
> year because they submitted around December / January it's almost
> guaranteed that they vanish.
+1. Let's not disincentivize acknowledging that v13 is the target release.
I also don't think it's a good idea to force patch authors to take a
position. Novice authors are particularly likely to make the wrong
call.
--
Peter Geoghegan
