From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (pb-smtp2.pobox.com [64.147.108.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6ADD314036E for ; Fri, 17 May 2024 22:12:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=64.147.108.71 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715983929; cv=none; b=GiTlX3npAMuS0v7nNj7PHocO1m6U73SPrznnnzJjZflrlZuo5kMyPVSaPLig6vqx+yQqIEuQprBM4JLVOWCrVhnW5VDl4Gtkjgpmt5W66vfN/cIEvxE/uzAMsHcI2QrO8GykMwNRYlYyX4LnuaLnNN5LQmFw3DEhGiIeHU8PH/U= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715983929; c=relaxed/simple; bh=N7+nCx0C950S8eWW9nLkir5X68fAAo+JZLXWZ6NFB5k=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=DhHCvGxqLsSwqQbaZ9ouP4/lKoHlE7VxmLODJZDdYDHIXGMiUT7wKPFaCTaOpBckMxo8eVjIvQoLUptH4EfgvNdIxTjD37PVLghmYBIj5IoLTgGjsWEdth3t2zc6VQ3/TogmuX9cTFhbY14JmktGG7WnQpNAYWeLUhLArGc/+lo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=N6W2wyDg; arc=none smtp.client-ip=64.147.108.71 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="N6W2wyDg" Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD8FA2AF4F; Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=N7+nCx0C950S8eWW9nLkir5X68fAAo+JZLXWZ6 NFB5k=; b=N6W2wyDgUOhn0gXcICl2yxO02G/XbXFymPkIRTaLb5sRv0DAypxUBI 6hu2F+4c43VFe8cQsvefWyMs1xEtCq+fBd03QvqDD1AwbhQVpgCqWVY3rJPz88jK IBbBdbeuj1GOIuPquclYm8RAIYrxTFwQwqmwAtQJVqybtCJ7ofB64= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D340D2AF4E; Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.153.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 11D5B2AF4D; Fri, 17 May 2024 18:12:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Josh Steadmon Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, karthik.188@gmail.com, ps@pks.im, emrass@google.com, nasamuffin@google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] doc: describe the project's decision-making process In-Reply-To: <10f217915600eda3ebec886e4f020f87c22e318a.1715978031.git.steadmon@google.com> (Josh Steadmon's message of "Fri, 17 May 2024 13:35:44 -0700") References: <10f217915600eda3ebec886e4f020f87c22e318a.1715978031.git.steadmon@google.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 15:12:02 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 7DDD0CEE-149A-11EF-9D2D-25B3960A682E-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Josh Steadmon writes: > The Git project currently operates according to an informal > consensus-building process, which is currently described in the > SubmittingPatches document. However, that focuses on small/medium-scale > patch series. For larger-scale decisions, the process is not as well > described. Document what to expect so that we have something concrete to > help inform newcomers to the project. > > This document explicitly does not aim to impose a formal process to > decision-making, nor to change pre-existing norms. Its only aim is to > describe how the project currently operates today. > > Helped-by: Junio C Hamano > Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon > --- > > Changes in V4: > * Minor wording cleanups to be more emphatic and to clarify "other > specific implementation" phrase. Thanks for an update. I am myself undecided on the "explicit recommendation?" question Patrick posed, but other than that this iteration looked reasonable. Queued. Thanks.