Re: [RFC PATCH] doc: describe the project's decision-making process

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 23, 2024, 22:41 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqjzkn66sw.fsf@gitster.g>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> As I said, I do think it is rare for us to start with only "ideas"
> without anything concrete to comment on, and that is why I asked
> some references (e.g., URLs into the archive) to a discussion in the
> past of a larger decisions where (1) something is proposed, (2)
> discussed, and (3) declaration that a consensus has reached, if a
> document describes the status quo.

FYI, what I readily recall was the discussion that started here.

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/20170304011251.GA26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com/

It did have a few iterations and then near the end the consensus has turned into a "patch" that adds the design document to our history, but otherwise, it did not involve a "series" level patch reviews.

HTH..