On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 14:19, Joe Conway <m...@joeconway.com> wrote: > > On 5/16/24 22:26, Robert Haas wrote: > > For example, imagine that the CommitFest is FORCIBLY empty > > until a week before it starts. You can still register patches in the > > system generally, but that just means they get CI runs, not that > > they're scheduled to be reviewed. A week before the CommitFest, > > everyone who has a patch registered in the system that still applies > > gets an email saying "click here if you think this patch should be > > reviewed in the upcoming CommitFest -- if you don't care about the > > patch any more or it needs more work before other people review it, > > don't click here". Then, the CommitFest ends up containing only the > > things where the patch author clicked there during that week. > > 100% agree. This is in line with what I suggested on an adjacent part of > the thread.
Such a proposal would basically mean that no-one that cares about their patches getting reviews can go on holiday and leave work behind during the week before a commit fest. That seems quite undesirable to me.
