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[PATCH] doc: Add a reference to a page explaining consensus decision making. |
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Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:34 -0400 |
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.
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doc/contributing.texi | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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
base-commit: 933051281fbed0ae71bd40c24a701faf2a02791c
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2.39.1
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Re: bug#62246: [PATCH] doc: Add a reference to a page explaining consensus decision making. |
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Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:02:11 -0400 |
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Hi,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
> 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.
The change is now installed.
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Thanks,
Maxim
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