Re: CommitFest rules

On Thursday 03 July 2008 18:16:38 Dave Page wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> >> Are you suggesting that omission of a patch on the 'fest' page means
> >> that you are bumped from the fest?
> >
> > No, if you had submitted the patch on time then the correct next step
> > is to get it added to the fest page; I don't think that should be
> > controversial.  But the reviewers aren't gonna review it if it's not
> > listed on that page...
>
> Right, but the author should take some responsibility for ensuring the
> patch is listed on time. What we don't want is forgotten patches
> getting added at the last minute, right as the CommitFest manager is
> wrapping things up having got 95% of the patches reviewed and the
> other 5% in progress.
>

I think people are still working there way through the process, but it's 
starting to sound like submitting a patch involves two steps from now on; 
email to the list, and add your patch to the next commitfest page. Does that 
sound right? 

-- 
Robert Treat
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