| Message ID | 20230317202234.25156-1-maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [bug#62246] doc: Add a reference to a page explaining consensus decision making. | expand |
Hi Maxim, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis: > This is to make explicit something which until now had always been implicit. > > * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention that committers are expected > to employ consensus decision making. [...] > -contributor is willing to take to help the project. > +contributor is willing to take to help the project. It is expected from > +all contributors, and even more so from committers, to collaborate in a > +consensus decision making fashion. To learn what consensus decision The first sentence was hard to parse at first. Perhaps a slight improvement: “… from committers, to help build consensus and make decisions based on consensus.” Otherwise LGTM; thanks for working on it! Ludo’.
Hi, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes: > Hi Maxim, > > Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis: > >> This is to make explicit something which until now had always been implicit. >> >> * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention that committers are expected >> to employ consensus decision making. > > [...] > >> -contributor is willing to take to help the project. >> +contributor is willing to take to help the project. It is expected from >> +all contributors, and even more so from committers, to collaborate in a >> +consensus decision making fashion. To learn what consensus decision > > The first sentence was hard to parse at first. Perhaps a slight > improvement: “… from committers, to help build consensus and make > decisions based on consensus.” > > Otherwise LGTM; thanks for working on it! I've applied your suggestion to my local branch, thanks. I'm CC'ing guix-devel and guix-maintainers to make sure everybody is informed of this proposed change. It's still time to voice any concern you may have with this suggested change. I'll leave it open for a few more days.
diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 911c3a7bbf..4db0fdc76e 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1728,7 +1728,11 @@ project for at least 6 months. This ensures enough interactions with the contributor, which is essential for mentoring and assessing whether they are ready to become a committer. Commit access should not be thought of as a ``badge of honor'' but rather as a responsibility a -contributor is willing to take to help the project. +contributor is willing to take to help the project. It is expected from +all contributors, and even more so from committers, to collaborate in a +consensus decision making fashion. To learn what consensus decision +making means and understand its finer details, you are encouraged to +read @url{https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus}. The following sections explain how to get commit access, how to be ready to push commits, and the policies and community expectations for commits