Gregory Stark wrote:
> 
> "Bruce Momjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > We seem to handle trivial patches just fine.  
> 
> You keep saying that but I think it's wrong. There are trivial patches that
> were submitted last year that are still sitting in the queue.

You seem to be looking at something different than me.  Which patches?

> In fact I claim we handle complex patches better than trivial ones. HOT, LDC,
> DSM etc receive tons of feedback and acquire a momentum of their own.
> Admittedly GII is a counter-example though.
> 
> Well, I claim it's often the trivial patches that require the domain-specific
> knowledge you describe. If they were major patches they would touch more parts
> of the system. But that means they should be easy to commit if you could just
> fill in the missing knowledge.
> 
> Could you pick a non-committer with the domain-specific knowledge you think a
> patch needs and ask for their analysis of the patch then commit it yourself?
> You can still review it for general code quality and trust the non-committer's
> review of whether the domain-specific change is correct.

We are already pushing out patches to people with domain-specific
knowledge.  Tom posted that summary today.

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