Re: CommitFest 2009-09, two weeks on

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
>> Robert Haas wrote:
>>> - There is one dblink pach left over from last CommitFest.  Joe Conway
>>> was going to review it the weekend of July 18th-19th, but that didn't
>>> end up happening and so that patch is still waiting.  We might be able
>>> to find someone else to review it, but I'm not sure whether that will
>>> help unless there is a committer other than Joe with bandwidth to do
>>> the final review and commit.
>
>> I will get to it before the end of this commitfest, but I have to admit
>> I'm not all that excited about this patch in the first place. I don't
>> know that I agree with the need.
>
> Well, you're the dblink expert.  If you think it should be rejected
> I doubt many of us will argue with you.

Yep.  CommitFest doesn't mean "commit it"; it means "decide whether to
commit it".  Things being rejected or returned with feedback for
further improvement is fine; we're just trying to avoid long periods
with no response at all.

...Robert