Re: [RFC] Process to request a vote for an issue

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Fri, May 31 2024, Alexander Gordeev <alexander.gordeev@opensynergy.com> wrote:

> Hi Cornelia,
>
> On 28.05.24 14:51, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> [first of all: there are still issues with our usage of the platform...]
>> 
>> [Also, first discussing this on virtio-comment, as this is (a) where
>> people who want to submit changes usually are subscribed, and (b) an
>> actually working list, unlike the list for the TC...]
>> 
>> The current process to include an update in the spec is something like
>> the following:
>> - open a github issue
>> - post a patch on the list, link it from the issue
>>    - iterate through some review cycles
>> - ask for a vote, so that the Chairs will open a ballot
>> 
>> The last step currently mostly happens in the thread for the latest
>> revision; such an email is easily missed if you're not actively
>> following the discussion. IMHO it isn't a very reasonable expectation
>> for the chairs to follow each and every discussion in detail; at some
>> point, it is much more reasonable to expect trusted reviewers and SMEs
>> to reach a consensus.
>> 
>> Therefore, I propose that
>> - request for votes be posted in a new, separate thread, referring to
>>    the version proposed for inclusion and ideally containing a note on
>>    who deems this proposal ready for inclusion,
>> - and those requests be clearly marked in the subject, for example with
>>    a "[Request for vote]" prefix that can be easily filtered for.
>> 
>> Thoughts, comments?
>
> Could you please specify who an SME is? Does this stand for the Society 
> of Manufacturing Engineers (sme.org)?
> I tried to search the virtio-comment and virtio-dev archives, but 
> couldn't find anything relevant:
> https://lore.kernel.org/virtio-comment/?q=SME
> https://lore.kernel.org/virtio-dev/?q=SME
> Also not in the spec repository.

SME == Subject Matter Expert

I was simply trying to describe the reality: we have people familiar
with virtio and the spec, and we have people familiar with with
technologies, and in the ideal case, we'd have both agree on a change
(can obviously be one person, if they're familiar with both :)

/me thinks she should never have brought that up and thought that was a
very common TLA :(