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> How would this go with PostgreSQL? You can use the bug form on the web
> site, but you can't attach any code, so the bug will just linger and
> ultimately put more burden on a core contributor to deal with the
> minutiae of developing, testing, and committing a trivial fix and
> sending feedback to the submitter.
Well, they could attach a link to a github patch...
> Or the user could take the high road and develop and patch and submit it.
> Just make sure it's in context diff format! Search the wiki if you don't
> know how to do that! Send it to -hackers, your email will be held for
> moderation. We won't actually do anything with your patch, but we will
> tell you to add it to that commitfest app over there. You need to sign up
> for an account to use that. We will deal with your patch in one or two months.
> But only if you review another patch. And you should sign up for that
> other mailing list, to make sure you're doing it right. Chances are, the
> first review you're going to get is that your patch doesn't apply anymore,
> but which time you will have lost interest in the patch anyway.
+1 to all that. Especially the signing up for the commitfest app.
> Of course, Gerrit doesn't actually address most of the issues above, but
> it could be part of a step forward.
More of a step sideways. It doesn't address the bigger problems.
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