From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 22:12:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] doc: describe the project's decision-making process
Message-ID: <xmqqa5kof5ql.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <10f217915600eda3ebec886e4f020f87c22e318a.1715978031.git.steadmon@google.com>

Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> 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 <gitster@pobox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
> ---
>
> 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.