Re: next CommitFest

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 11:31 -0500, Chris Browne wrote:
>
>> Ah, but the thing is, what was proposed wasn't "totally evilly
>> draconian."
>>
>> There's a difference between:
>>
>>  "You haven't reviewed any patches - we'll ignore you forever!"
>>
>> and
>>
>>  "Since you haven't reviewed any patches, we are compelled to defer your
>>   patches until the next CommitFest."
>>
>> It's enough pain to make people think, but it's not *totally* punitive.
>
> It is important to remember we are all volunteers here. Any increase to
> the barrier of contribution is a bad one.

True.  But "not enough reviewers to review all the patches we get" is
also a barrier to contribution.

...Robert