Re: [HACKERS] Remaining 2017-03 CF entries

On 2017-04-07 16:28:03 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> > > - can't move to next fest because it's waiting-on-author, which doesn't
> > >   allow that.  Doesn't strike me as a useful restriction.
> > 
> > I agree that that CF app restriction makes little sense.
> 
> What the restriction means is that if a patch is in waiting-on-author,
> the proper "close" action is to return-with-feedback.  There is no point
> in moving the patch to the next commitfest if there is no further patch
> version.

That's true if the patch has been in that state for a while, but if you
find some relatively minor issues, and then move it soon after, it seems
to make sense to keep it open in the next CF.

- Andres