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[66.158.156.181]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a22-20020ac84d96000000b0041818df8a0dsm1461759qtw.36.2023.10.14.06.07.11 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 14 Oct 2023 06:07:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Maxim Cournoyer Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 09:06:53 -0400 Message-ID: <651c8c1faba688a5ac0dff1edc25c02cea249634.1697288813.git.maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.41.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: guix-patches@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+patchwork=mira.cbaines.net@gnu.org Sender: guix-patches-bounces+patchwork=mira.cbaines.net@gnu.org X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: Patches * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention that blocking comes with extra responsibilities. Reviewed-by: Simon Tournier --- Changes in v3: - s/participant/contributor (which may or may not have commit access)/ Changes in v2: - Reword per suggestions doc/contributing.texi | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) base-commit: 4ec6fd7817ec4073547fd71309374a293d7c436c diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 864190b119..f68ff5bb23 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -2030,7 +2030,18 @@ Commit Access consensus and make decisions based on consensus. To learn what consensus decision making means and understand its finer details, you are encouraged to read -@url{https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus}. +@url{https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus}. It is expected from +all contributors, and even more so from committers, to help build +consensus and make decisions based on consensus. By using consensus, we +are committed to finding solutions that everyone can live with. It +implies that no decision is made against significant concerns and these +concerns are actively resolved with proposals that work for everyone. A +contributor (which may or may not have commit access) wishing to block a +proposal bears a special responsibility for finding alternatives, +proposing ideas/code or explain the rationale for the status quo to +resolve the deadlock. To learn what consensus decision making means and +understand its finer details, you are encouraged to read +. The following sections explain how to get commit access, how to be ready to push commits, and the policies and community expectations for commits