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[bug#74736,v2,0/1] Add Request-For-Comment process.

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Series Add Request-For-Comment process. |

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Noé Lopez Dec. 8, 2024, 12:29 p.m. UTC 
  From: Noé Lopez <noelopez@free.fr>

Hi,

It has been more than a year since Simon Tournier’s original patch[1] for
specifying a “request for comment” process.  I believe that such a process can
pave the way for big changes to make their way to Guix and the establishment
of a governance model, among other things.

Therefore, I have taken it upon myself to produce an updated version taking
into account the comments received on the original patch and my own changes.

These changes are targeted not only to committers, but to every contributor so
that anyone can propose important changes.  So anyone should feel free to
comment what they think :)

Have a good day,
Noé Lopez

[1] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66844

Simon Tournier (1):
  rfc: Add Request-For-Comment process.

 rfc/0000-template.txt    |  76 +++++++++++++
 rfc/0001-rfc-process.txt | 232 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 308 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 rfc/0000-template.txt
 create mode 100644 rfc/0001-rfc-process.txt


base-commit: 1affd2b5aa7f5467a44cf757c4fc0c6956d3f3c9

Comments

Artyom V. Poptsov Dec. 9, 2024, 8:47 p.m. UTC | #1 
Hello Noé Lopez,

thanks for pushing this idea forward!  I think that the RFC process will
help to track all the major initiatives in GNU Guix -- present and
future ones.

I know that there are several long-term big projects inside Guix, namely
Guile daemon, distributed substitutes and maybe more.  In my view the
problem is that the information about those projects is buried in the
Git branches and E-Mail discussions.  Maybe RFCs in the well-known place
inside the repository will help developers to see what the community at
large is up to.

> # Ludovic Courtès:
> # I’d go for one format, preferably Markdown because we have a library to
> # parse it.

To my taste, as for Emacs user, the plain old org-mode format is good
enough to write RFCs, but that's no more than a preference.  Many people
using Markdown nowadays so maybe it will help to make the RFC process
more friendly for newcomers.

- avp