It's now been two weeks since we started this CommitFest, so it seems like a good time to review where we are. Here are my thoughts, for what that's worth.
Our overall rate of progress is significantly slower than it was last time around. At a similar point in the July CommitFest, 19 patches had been committed (not counting 3 that were committed before the start of the CommitFest), 11 had been returned with feedback (again, not counting 2 from before the start of the CommitFest), and 3 had been rejected. The corresponding numbers for this CommitFest are 8, 7, and 3, which means that the rate of returning patches with feedback and/or rejecting them is only modestly lower, but the rate of committing is much lower. I'm not sure whether this is because the patches are more complex, because the committers have been busy with other issues, or some other reason. We also have fewer patches than we did last time around. I believe we started the last CommitFest with a bit more than 75 patches (there are fewer now, as some were moved to this CommitFest) and we started this one with just 48. This somewhat balances out the slower rate of grinding through the patch queue, but I'm still a bit worried about the rate at which we're making progress. It would be nice to be done on time, and I'm not sure we're going to make it. With respect to individual patches: - There are three ECPG patches for which it's been difficult to find a reviewer. It seems we don't have any reviewers familiar with ECPG. If anyone is able to help review these, it would be much appreciated. - 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. - Hot Standby and Streaming Replication are both huge new features in this CommitFest, and there seems to be a fair amount of activity around both patches. Heikki previously expressed optimism about getting Hot Standby done this CommitFest, but I am not sure whether he is still feeling optimistic, or what his feelings are about Streaming Replication, which is currently waiting on Fujii Masao for a new version. On the whole, it seems like patch authors have done a better job than last time of responding to feedback in a timely fashion - very little is falling out due to submitter inattention. That is good, although it also means that the percentage of patches that will require substantive action (rather than, say, summary rejection for non-communication) is apt to be higher. I am also generally under the impression that we have a larger number of complex patches this time around. Some of that may be because much good feedback was given in the last CommitFest, and previously half-baked ideas are coming back a little more well done. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
