I agree with Gian, as an Apache committer, your responsibility is for the
betterment of the project. I agree it is in the best interest of the
project to stop thinking about what orgs people belong to. We are all a
part of the Apache software foundation, regardless of what our roles and
titles are outside of it.

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:22 AM Roman Leventov <[email protected]>
wrote:

> It's not that people from one org could abuse the project and push some
> change, but that they have similar perspective (bubble effect) and some
> important aspects of a large feature could escape their attention.
>
> I suggest it to be not a rigid rule, but a recommendation for authors of
> large proposals to try to attract reviewers from other orgs.
>
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 at 02:51, Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I agree with Gian.
> >
> > As an Apache committer, you only have one affiliation: you are working in
> > the best interests of the project.
> >
> > Obviously, in the real world there are other pressures. But we do our
> best
> > to compensate for them.
> >
> > Also, as a a community we try to design our process so as to avoid undue
> > influences. For instance, when I advocate for logging cases early, I am
> > trying to mitigate the effect of product managers and VPs of engineering,
> > who like to have their say in meeting rooms rather than on public mailing
> > lists. That’s just one example; if we see other influences at play, let’s
> > evolve our process to try to level the playing field.
> >
> > Julian
> >
> >
> > > On Jan 10, 2019, at 10:40 AM, Gian Merlino <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>> What do community members think about also making a requirement that
> > >>> "Design Review" PRs and proposals are reviewed by at least two people
> > > with
> > >>> different affiliation?
> > >> This seems pretty reasonable to me. I haven't found anything in Apache
> > >> voting procedure docs (https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html)
> > that
> > >> seems to explicitly forbid something like this yet at least.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, my understanding of the Apache Way would mean that
> > this
> > > kind of rule doesn't make sense. In particular from
> > > https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html: "We firmly
> believe
> > in
> > > hats. Your role at the ASF is one assigned to you personally, and is
> > > bestowed on you by your peers. It is not tied to your job or current
> > > employer or company." That sentiment seems incompatible with making
> > > explicit rules about organizational diversity in voting. I have also
> > heard
> > > a few people say things like: people are supposed to represent
> > themselves,
> > > not their employers.
> > >
> > > Obviously, though, people's actions and opinions are influenced by
> their
> > > employer. IMO, a better way to approach a potential problem there is
> that
> > > if people from a particular organization end up behaving abusively,
> then
> > > PMC members from other organizations (or in extreme situations the
> Apache
> > > board itself) should tell them to knock it off. And then do more
> serious
> > > things if the inappropriate behavior continues. This kind
> > >
> > > The other thing you brought up, promoting more shared ownership and
> > > awareness, I am hopeful that separating proposals from PRs will help
> with
> > > that. One reason is that it takes much less time to understand a well
> > > written proposal than it takes to understand a PR. Code is very clear
> but
> > > it is also very verbose and takes a while to read and understand. So in
> > > theory changing how we operate, in this way, should promote more
> > > understanding of more people across the code base.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 1:34 AM Clint Wylie <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>>
> > >>> What do community members think about also making a requirement that
> > >>> "Design Review" PRs and proposals are reviewed by at least two people
> > >> with
> > >>> different affiliation?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> This seems pretty reasonable to me. I haven't found anything in Apache
> > >> voting procedure docs (https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html)
> > that
> > >> seems to explicitly forbid something like this yet at least.
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 8:52 PM Roman Leventov <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> What do community members think about also making a requirement that
> > >>> "Design Review" PRs and proposals are reviewed by at least two people
> > >> with
> > >>> different affiliation? IMO it's a good idea, because it ensures that
> > >>> different interests are taken into account. Also it pushes people to
> > >> engage
> > >>> with work done in other parts of Druid, improving shared code owning
> > and
> > >>> awareness.
> > >>>
> > >>> Or it's against the Apache Way because it's assumed that there are no
> > >>> company boundaries within the community?
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 at 11:45, Roman Leventov <[email protected]>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> I see two important reasons why it makes sense to file an issue and
> > >>>> probably announce it in the mailing list, before writing a lot of
> > code,
> > >>>> despite not having a clear picture of what it will be and any
> > >> performance
> > >>>> data:
> > >>>> 1) somebody could already work on this problem privately in
> parallel,
> > >> it
> > >>>> allows to avoid clash in people's works
> > >>>> 2) some people could quickly think about the problem field and share
> > >>>> high-level ideas that could wildly change the direction in which the
> > >>> author
> > >>>> (the person who is going to write code) will move in his work from
> > >> early
> > >>> on.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Jihoon in
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e007fbf362c2a870a2d88d04431789289807e00fd91d087559a01d1f@%3Cdev.druid.apache.org%3E
> > >>> and
> > >>>> later Gian in this thread suggested that _every_ piece of work that
> > >>> should
> > >>>> be labelled as "Design Review" according to the current rules should
> > be
> > >>>> accompanied by an issue. I don't agree with this, there are some PRs
> > as
> > >>>> small as a few dozens of lines of code, that add some configuration
> > >>>> parameter and therefore should be labelled "Design Review". I don't
> > >>> thing a
> > >>>> separate proposal issue is needed for them, and even for a little
> > >> larger
> > >>>> PRs too.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> For the same reason, I also don't see the point of renaming "Design
> > >>>> Review" into "Proposal", as well as separating "Design Review" into
> > >>>> "Proposal" and something like "API Review". I think a single "Design
> > >>>> Review" tag handles it well.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Gian mentioned an idea that PRs that follow a "Design Review"
> proposal
> > >>>> issue shouldn't be "Design Review" themselves. I don't agree with
> > >> this, I
> > >>>> think that actual code and performance data are important inputs
> that
> > >>>> should be re-evaluated at least by two people. I even think that
> it's
> > >>> very
> > >>>> desirable that at least two people read _each line of production
> code_
> > >> in
> > >>>> large PRs, although it's not what was done historically in Druid,
> > >> because
> > >>>> large bodies of newly added code, with whole new classes and
> > subsystems
> > >>>> added, are also coincidentally tested worse than already existing
> > >> classes
> > >>>> and subsystems, including in production. It seems to me that those
> > huge
> > >>>> code influxes is a major source of bugs, that could later take years
> > to
> > >>>> squeeze out from the codebase.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 08:24, Clint Wylie <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Apologies for the delayed response.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:48 PM Slim Bouguerra <
> > >>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> I am wondering here what is the case where code first is better?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I don't think it's wrong to share ideas as early as possible, and
> > >> after
> > >>>>> this discussion I think I am in favor of it too. I just meant that
> I
> > >>> don't
> > >>>>> think it's always necessarily the most productive discussion until
> > >> code
> > >>>>> exists sometimes, with the types of thing I am thinking of are
> almost
> > >>>>> entirely limited to cases where things might sound good to anyone
> on
> > >>> paper
> > >>>>> but in reality need a large amount of experiments conducted and
> > >>>>> observations collected to determine that something is actually
> worth
> > >>>>> doing,
> > >>>>> which I imagine is mainly things like reworking internals for
> > >>> performance
> > >>>>> improvements.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> In the case of my combined proposal PR, I needed to prove that the
> > >>> thing I
> > >>>>> was working on was a good idea... and it wasn't directly. But I
> came
> > >> up
> > >>>>> with another idea during the course of experiment turned into
> > >> something
> > >>>>> compelling, so an initial proposal would have looked quite a lot
> > >>> different
> > >>>>> than what I ended up with. Once I had proven to myself that it was
> a
> > >>> good
> > >>>>> idea, then I was comfortable sharing with the wider community. I'm
> > not
> > >>>>> certain how this would play out in an always proposal first model,
> > >> maybe
> > >>>>> the first proposal exists, I personally reject it after updating
> with
> > >>>>> experiment results show it's a bad idea, continue experimenting and
> > >>> raise
> > >>>>> a
> > >>>>> new one after the experiments start looking promising?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Let's not be naive this is very rare that a contributor will
> accept
> > >>> that
> > >>>>>> his work is to be thrown, usually devs takes coding as personal
> > >>> creation
> > >>>>>> and they get attached to it.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I agree, just because a handful of the committers have this
> attitude,
> > >> it
> > >>>>> isn't fair to expect the wider community to also, that's why I am
> in
> > >>> favor
> > >>>>> of formalizing the process.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Can you please explain what is overbearing ? what can be changed to
> > >> make
> > >>>>> it
> > >>>>>> easy ?
> > >>>>>> Most of the points are kind of the actual questions that you want
> to
> > >>>>>> address before hand anyway isn't ?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Sorry for the confusion, I said it's "not overbearing", I think
> it's
> > >>> fine.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> What are the complaints ?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Is this and other previous threads not a complaint about opening a
> > >> large
> > >>>>> PR
> > >>>>> without a proposal? :) I just mean that formalizing the process,
> even
> > >>> if a
> > >>>>> proposal has a reference PR opened with it near concurrently, could
> > >>>>> prevent
> > >>>>> these discussions from happening in the future because ground rules
> > >> have
> > >>>>> been set and we are all on the same page I guess.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I think we should also probably consider renaming the "design
> review"
> > >>>>> label
> > >>>>> to "proposal" or something to make it more clear that a PR is
> > >> associated
> > >>>>> with a proposal. It might also be worth considering using github
> > >>> projects
> > >>>>> for particularly large things that involve multiple follow up PRs,
> > >> but I
> > >>>>> haven't used them in much depth to know if they add anything.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> It seems like we are all converging on agreement to do a github
> issue
> > >>>>> proposal for larger changes (I would vote for announcing them on
> the
> > >> dev
> > >>>>> list too for more visibility), so that design review is separated
> > from
> > >>>>> code
> > >>>>> review. I guess my main concern was not wanting to discourage
> > >>>>> experimentation by walling it off behind mandatory discussions, but
> > >> the
> > >>>>> more I think about it,  it doesn't technically change much about
> this
> > >>>>> process, it just requires a more formal proposal to accompany any
> > >>>>> experiments that are shared as a PR.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 12:28 PM Gian Merlino <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> I think for us, choosing to use GitHub issues as discussion
> threads
> > >>> for
> > >>>>>> potential 'major' contributions would be a good idea, especially
> if
> > >> we
> > >>>>>> encourage people to start them before PRs show up. Definitely
> agree
> > >>> that
> > >>>>>> all contributors should go through the same process -- I couldn't
> > >> see
> > >>> it
> > >>>>>> working well any other way.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:23 PM Julian Hyde <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Statically, yes, GitHub PRs are the same as GitHub cases. But
> > >>>>>> dynamically,
> > >>>>>>> they are different, because you can only log a PR when you have
> > >>>>> finished
> > >>>>>>> work.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> A lot of other Apache projects use JIRA, so there is a clear
> > >>>>> distinction
> > >>>>>>> between cases and contributions. JIRA cases, especially when
> > >> logged
> > >>>>> early
> > >>>>>>> in the lifecycle of a contribution, become long-running
> > >> conversation
> > >>>>>>> threads with a lot of community participation. If the Druid chose
> > >> to
> > >>>>> do
> > >>>>>> so,
> > >>>>>>> GitHub cases could be the same.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Be careful that you do not treat “potential contributors” (by
> > >> which
> > >>> I
> > >>>>>>> presume you mean non-committers) differently from committers and
> > >> PMC
> > >>>>>>> members. Anyone starting a major piece of work should follow the
> > >>> same
> > >>>>>>> process. (Experienced committers probably have a somewhat better
> > >>> idea
> > >>>>>> what
> > >>>>>>> work will turn out to be “major”, so they get a little more
> > >> leeway.)
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Julian
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> On Jan 7, 2019, at 12:10 PM, Gian Merlino <[email protected]>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> I don't think there's a need to raise issues for every change: a
> > >>>>> small
> > >>>>>>> bug
> > >>>>>>>> fix or doc fix should just go straight to PR. (GitHub PRs show
> > >> up
> > >>> as
> > >>>>>>> issues
> > >>>>>>>> in the issue-search UI/API, so it's not like this means the
> > >> patch
> > >>>>> has
> > >>>>>> no
> > >>>>>>>> corresponding issue -- in a sense the PR _is_ the issue.)
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> I do think it makes sense to encourage potential contributors to
> > >>>>> write
> > >>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>> the dev list or raise an issue if they aren't sure if something
> > >>>>> would
> > >>>>>>> need
> > >>>>>>>> to go through a more heavy weight process.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Fwiw we do have a set of 'design review' criteria already (we
> > >> had
> > >>> a
> > >>>>>>>> discussion about this a couple years ago) at:
> > >>>>>>>> http://druid.io/community/#getting-your-changes-accepted. So we
> > >>>>>>> wouldn't be
> > >>>>>>>> starting from zero on defining that. We set it up back when we
> > >>> were
> > >>>>>>> trying
> > >>>>>>>> to _streamline_ our process -- we used to require two non-author
> > >>> +1s
> > >>>>>> for
> > >>>>>>>> _every_ change, even minor ones. The introduction of design
> > >> review
> > >>>>>>> criteria
> > >>>>>>>> was meant to classify which PRs need that level of review and
> > >>> which
> > >>>>>> ones
> > >>>>>>>> are minor and can be merged with less review. I do think it
> > >> helped
> > >>>>> with
> > >>>>>>>> getting minor PRs merged more quickly. The list of criteria is,
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> - Major architectural changes or API changes
> > >>>>>>>> - HTTP requests and responses (e. g. a new HTTP endpoint)
> > >>>>>>>> - Interfaces for extensions
> > >>>>>>>> - Server configuration (e. g. altering the behavior of a config
> > >>>>>> property)
> > >>>>>>>> - Emitted metrics
> > >>>>>>>> - Other major changes, judged by the discretion of Druid
> > >>> committers
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Some of it is subjective, but it has been in place for a while,
> > >> so
> > >>>>> it's
> > >>>>>>> at
> > >>>>>>>> least something we are relatively familiar with.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:32 AM Julian Hyde <[email protected]>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Small contributions don’t need any design review, whereas large
> > >>>>>>>>> contributions need significant review. I don’t think we should
> > >>>>> require
> > >>>>>>> an
> > >>>>>>>>> additional step for those (many) small contributions. But who
> > >>>>> decides
> > >>>>>>>>> whether a contribution fits into the small or large category?
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> I think the solution is for authors to log a case (or send an
> > >>>>> email to
> > >>>>>>>>> dev) before they start work on any contribution. Then
> > >> committers
> > >>>>> can
> > >>>>>>>>> request a more heavy-weight process if they think it is needed.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Julian
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> On Jan 7, 2019, at 11:24 AM, Gian Merlino <[email protected]>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> It sounds like splitting design from code review is a common
> > >>> theme
> > >>>>>> in a
> > >>>>>>>>> few
> > >>>>>>>>>> of the posts here. How does everyone feel about making a point
> > >>> of
> > >>>>>>>>>> encouraging design reviews to be done as issues, separate from
> > >>> the
> > >>>>>> pull
> > >>>>>>>>>> request, with the expectations that (1) the design review
> > >> issue
> > >>>>>>>>>> ("proposal") should generally appear somewhat _before_ the
> > >> pull
> > >>>>>>> request;
> > >>>>>>>>>> (2) pull requests should _not_ have design review happen on
> > >>> them,
> > >>>>>>> meaning
> > >>>>>>>>>> there should no longer be PRs with design review tags, and we
> > >>>>> should
> > >>>>>>> move
> > >>>>>>>>>> the design review approval process to the issue rather than
> > >> the
> > >>>>> PR.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> For (1), even if we encourage design review discussions to
> > >> start
> > >>>>>>> before a
> > >>>>>>>>>> pull request appears, I don't see an issue with them running
> > >>>>>>> concurrently
> > >>>>>>>>>> for a while at some point.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 5:35 PM Jonathan Wei <
> > >> [email protected]>
> > >>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for raising these concerns!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> My initial thoughts:
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - I agree that separation of design review and code-level
> > >>> review
> > >>>>> for
> > >>>>>>>>> major
> > >>>>>>>>>>> changes would be more efficient
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - I agree that a clear, more formalized process for handling
> > >>>>> major
> > >>>>>>>>> changes
> > >>>>>>>>>>> would be helpful for contributors:
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Define what is considered a major change
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Define a standard proposal structure, KIP-style proposal
> > >>> format
> > >>>>>>>>> sounds
> > >>>>>>>>>>> good to me
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - I think it's too rigid to have a policy of "no code at all
> > >>> with
> > >>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> initial proposal"
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Code samples can be useful references for understanding
> > >>> aspects
> > >>>>>> of a
> > >>>>>>>>>>> design
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - In some cases it's necessary to run experiments to fully
> > >>>>>> understand
> > >>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>> problem and determine an appropriate design, or to determine
> > >>>>> whether
> > >>>>>>>>>>> something is even worth doing before committing to the work
> > >> of
> > >>>>>>> fleshing
> > >>>>>>>>> out
> > >>>>>>>>>>> a proposal, prototype code is a natural outcome of that and
> > >> I'm
> > >>>>> not
> > >>>>>>>>> against
> > >>>>>>>>>>> someone providing such code for reference
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - I tend to view design/code as things that are often
> > >> developed
> > >>>>>>>>>>> simultaneously in an intertwined way
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Let's not be naive this is very rare that a contributor will
> > >>>>> accept
> > >>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>>> his work is to be thrown, usually devs takes coding as
> > >> personal
> > >>>>>>> creation
> > >>>>>>>>>>> and they get attached to it.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> If we have a clear review process that emphasizes the need
> > >> for
> > >>>>> early
> > >>>>>>>>>>> consensus building, with separate design and code review,
> > >> then
> > >>> I
> > >>>>>> feel
> > >>>>>>>>> we've
> > >>>>>>>>>>> done enough and don't need a hard rule against having some
> > >> code
> > >>>>>> linked
> > >>>>>>>>> with
> > >>>>>>>>>>> the initial proposal. If a potential contributor then still
> > >>>>> wants to
> > >>>>>>> go
> > >>>>>>>>>>> ahead and write a lot of code that may be rejected or change
> > >>>>>>>>> significantly,
> > >>>>>>>>>>> the risks were made clear.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Once code is written hard to think abstract.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> I can see the validity of the concern, but I personally don't
> > >>>>> see it
> > >>>>>>> as
> > >>>>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>> huge risk. My impression from the Druid PR reviews I've seen
> > >> is
> > >>>>> that
> > >>>>>>> our
> > >>>>>>>>>>> reviewers are able to keep abstract design vs. implementation
> > >>>>>> details
> > >>>>>>>>>>> separate and consider alternate designs when reviewing.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> To summarize I think it's probably enough to have a policy
> > >>> along
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>> lines
> > >>>>>>>>>>> of:
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Create more formalized guidelines for proposals and what
> > >>>>> changes
> > >>>>>>>>> require
> > >>>>>>>>>>> proposals
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Separate design and code review for major changes, with
> > >>> design
> > >>>>>>> review
> > >>>>>>>>>>> first, code-level review after reaching consensus on the
> > >>> design.
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Code before the design review is completed is just for
> > >>>>> reference,
> > >>>>>>> not
> > >>>>>>>>>>> regarded as a candidate for review/merging.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> - Jon
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:48 PM Slim Bouguerra <
> > >>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:16 PM Clint Wylie <
> > >>>>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I am definitely biased in this matter as an owner of
> > >> another
> > >>>>> large
> > >>>>>>> PR
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't preceded by a direct proposal or dev list
> > >> discussion,
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>>> in
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> general
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree that proposal first is usually better, but I think
> > >> in
> > >>>>> some
> > >>>>>>>>>>> rarer
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> cases approaching a problem code first *is* the most
> > >>>>> appropriate
> > >>>>>> way
> > >>>>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> have a discussion.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I am wondering here what is the case where code first is
> > >>> better?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> In general when you are writing code you have an idea about
> > >>> what
> > >>>>>> you
> > >>>>>>>>> want
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> to change, why you want to change and why you want to change
> > >>> it.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I do not see what is wrong with sharing this primitive ideas
> > >>> and
> > >>>>>>>>> thoughts
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> as an abstract proposal (at least to avoid overlapping)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I see nothing wrong with it so long as the author
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> accepts that the PR is treated as a combined proposal and
> > >>>>> proof of
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> concept,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> and fair game to be radically changed via discussion or
> > >> even
> > >>>>>>> rejected,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> which sounds like Gian's attitude on the matter and is mine
> > >>> as
> > >>>>>> well
> > >>>>>>>>>>> with
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> my
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> compression stuff.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Let's not be naive this is very rare that a contributor will
> > >>>>> accept
> > >>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> his work is to be thrown, usually devs takes coding as
> > >>> personal
> > >>>>>>>>> creation
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> and they get attached to it.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> To my point you can take a look on some old issue in the
> > >> Druid
> > >>>>>> forum
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/pull/3755#issuecomment-265667690
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> and am sure other communities have similar problems.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> So leaving the door open to some side cases is not a good
> > >> idea
> > >>>>> in
> > >>>>>> my
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> opinion and will lead to similar issue in the future.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> This seems to me especially likely to happen in cases
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> where an approach still needs proven to be a viable idea
> > >> *to
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> author*,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> so that a much more productive discussion can be had in the
> > >>>>> first
> > >>>>>>>>>>> place.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> I think there is a trade off, I don't think we want to
> > >>>>> discourage
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> experimentation by walling it off behind mandatory
> > >>> discussions
> > >>>>>>> before
> > >>>>>>>>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> can even start, but I do think formalizing the process for
> > >>>>> large
> > >>>>>>>>>>> changes
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> is
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> a good thing, especially since we probably can't expect the
> > >>>>> wider
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> community
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> to have the same attitude towards a large PR getting
> > >>> discarded
> > >>>>> as
> > >>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> committer might. I think the Kafka approach is reasonable,
> > >> a
> > >>>>> bit
> > >>>>>>> more
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> formal than our design review process but not overbearing.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Can you please explain what is overbearing ? what can be
> > >>>>> changed to
> > >>>>>>>>> make
> > >>>>>>>>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> easy ?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Most of the points are kind of the actual questions that you
> > >>>>> want
> > >>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> address before hand anyway isn't ?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Going code first
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> should be in general discouraged, but when it does happen,
> > >> it
> > >>>>>> seems
> > >>>>>>>>>>> like
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> opening DIP/an issue/starting a mailing list thread or
> > >>>>> whatever we
> > >>>>>>> go
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> with
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> to have a more high level design discussion alongside the
> > >>>>>> reference
> > >>>>>>> PR
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> could alleviate some of these complaints?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> What are the complaints ?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> +1 for "DIP" heh, I think making
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> them in the form of github issues is probably appropriate,
> > >>>>> with a
> > >>>>>>> dev
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> list
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> thread to announce them perhaps?
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I think  github issue with [Proposal] header like
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/issues/4349 is
> > >> good
> > >>>>> to
> > >>>>>> me,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 10:28 AM Slim Bouguerra <
> > >>>>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks everyone for interacting with this thread.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The fact that i, Roman, Jihoon  and others in the past (FJ
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/druid-user/gkUEsAYIfBA/6B2GJdLkAgAJ
> > >>>>> )
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> raised this point indicates that PRs without a proposal
> > >> are
> > >>>>>> indeed
> > >>>>>>> an
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> issue
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> and we need to solve it.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Something Similar to KIP maybe called DIPs is fine with
> > >> me.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> What i strive to see is the following:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Step 1] formalize what is the kind of work that needs a
> > >>>>> formal
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Proposal, I
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> think Roman and Jihoon has already covered that pretty
> > >> well.
> > >>>>> am
> > >>>>>> +1
> > >>>>>>> on
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> that.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b30d893bdb6bb633cf6a9a700183ffb5b98f115330531a55328ac77@%3Cdev.druid.apache.org%3E
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am strongly in favor of the separation of Proposal
> > >> Review
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>>>>> (later)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Code review PRs. My  main reasons:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Most importantly code reviewing will introduce lot of
> > >> noise
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>>>> will
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ultimately make  the GitHub page unreadable.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Avoid overlapping of work.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once code is written hard to think abstract.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Separate page for Design review later can always be used
> > >> it
> > >>>>> as a
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Design
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> document that is readable and code free-ish.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> As i said the goal of this first round is to see if the
> > >>>>> community
> > >>>>>>>>>>> agree
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> about such change, then make the process of design more
> > >>>>> inclusive
> > >>>>>>>>>>> thus
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> other contributors can submit a counter proposals.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Step 2] IF everybody agree about that point Step 2 is to
> > >>>>> define
> > >>>>>>>>>>> which
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> medium is used to Publish a primitive form of a CODE FREE
> > >>>>>> Abstract
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Proposal
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> containing at least the following bullet points.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - The problem description and motivation
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Overview of the proposed change
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Operational impact (compatibility/ plans to upgrades)
> > >>> public
> > >>>>>> API
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> changes,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> configuration changes, algorithm, and so on
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Expected benefits and drawbacks
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Rationale and alternatives
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Estimate Time to Deliver if possible.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The way i think this can be is a Github issue where member
> > >>> of
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> community
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> will interact via comments and the author will be updating
> > >>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> description
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the light of comments provided by the community.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> During and near the end of the design discussions the
> > >>> author/s
> > >>>>>> can
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> start
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> writing POCs to help guide the review process this
> > >> naturally
> > >>>>> will
> > >>>>>>> be
> > >>>>>>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Pull
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> request with actual code.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Now the most important thing is that we need to agree
> > >> that
> > >>>>> any
> > >>>>>>> work
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> does not align with this formal process will be ignored
> > >> and
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> author
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> will
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> be asked to start with a DIP*
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> *That is what i meant with  “If it didn’t happen on the
> > >>>>> mailing
> > >>>>>>> list,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn’t happen.”*
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks and happy coding!
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 6:47 PM Gian Merlino <
> > >>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One of the advantages I see with a more formal process is
> > >>>>> (like
> > >>>>>>>>>>> Kafka
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> KIPs)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is that it levels the playing field a bit and sets some
> > >>>>> ground
> > >>>>>>>>>>> rules
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> for
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> working together. In a way it can help encourage
> > >>>>> contributions
> > >>>>>> by
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> making
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> clear what is expected of potential contributors.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have a design review process today that is not as
> > >> formal
> > >>>>> as
> > >>>>>>>>>>> KIPs,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> but
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> somewhat heavier than the one you describe. Maybe we
> > >> could
> > >>>>> tweak
> > >>>>>>>>>>> our
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current one by starting to do design reviews separately
> > >>> from
> > >>>>>> PRs.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> i.e.,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything that meets our 'design review' criteria, do that
> > >>> on
> > >>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> dev
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> list
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or in a separate issue, and keep the PR focused on
> > >>> code-level
> > >>>>>>>>>>> stuff.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> That
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> way we don't end up trying to do both at once. And it
> > >> makes
> > >>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>> easier
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start talking about design before the code is ready,
> > >> which
> > >>>>> would
> > >>>>>>> be
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> better.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 6:10 PM Julian Hyde <
> > >>> [email protected]
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s really hard to say no to a contribution when
> > >> someone
> > >>>>> has
> > >>>>>> put
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> in
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> significant amount of work.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The following approach is simple and works really well:
> > >>>>> Before
> > >>>>>>>>>>> you
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> start
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> work, log a case, describing the problem. When you have
> > >>> some
> > >>>>>>>>>>> ideas
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> about
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> design, add those to the case. When you have a code
> > >>> branch,
> > >>>>> add
> > >>>>>>>>>>> its
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> URL
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the case. And so forth. At any point in the proceedings,
> > >>>>> people
> > >>>>>>>>>>> can
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> chime
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in with their opinions.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In my opinion, a formal “design review” process is not
> > >>>>>> necessary.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Just
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> build consensus iteratively, by starting the
> > >> conversation
> > >>>>> early
> > >>>>>>>>>>> in
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> process.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Julian
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2019, at 12:37 PM, Gian Merlino <
> > >>> [email protected]
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In this particular case: please consider the PR as a
> > >>>>> proposal.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> feel
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like just because there is code there that takes a
> > >>> certain
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> approach,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the approach is somehow sacred. I had to implement
> > >>>>> something
> > >>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> crystallize
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my own thinking about how the problem could be
> > >>> approached.
> > >>>>> I
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> won't
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> be
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disappointed if, as a community, we decide a different
> > >>>>>>>>>>> direction
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> is
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> better
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and the code all gets thrown away. That's one of the
> > >>>>> reasons
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> that I
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> removed
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the 0.14.0 milestone that was added to the patch. (I
> > >>> don't
> > >>>>>> want
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> rush
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nor do I think that's a good idea.)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In general: Sounds like we could do with some more
> > >>>>>>>>>>> formalization
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> around
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what a proposal looks like, which sorts of changes need
> > >>>>> one,
> > >>>>>>>>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> when
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the dev cycle it is appropriate. FWIW I think Kafka's
> > >>>>> process
> > >>>>>>>>>>> is
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> more
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> less fine, and would be okay with adopting it for Druid
> > >>> if
> > >>>>>>>>>>> people
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> like
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right now our standards for what requires a "design
> > >>> review"
> > >>>>>> are
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> very
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> similar to the Kafka community standards for what
> > >>> requires
> > >>>>> a
> > >>>>>>>>>>> KIP,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> so
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> we
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have some familiarity with those concepts. However we
> > >>> don't
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> separate
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> PR
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> review and proposal discussion as strictly as they do,
> > >>>>> which
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> seems
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the foundation for the feeling of exclusion that is
> > >> being
> > >>>>> felt
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> here.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Separately: I just redid the description on
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/pull/6794 to
> > >>> be
> > >>>>>> more
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proposal-y.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I followed the KIP style:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+Improvement+Proposals
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please refresh the page and see if it looks more
> > >> useful.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gian
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 10:52 AM Julian Hyde <
> > >>>>> [email protected]
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slim,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I agree with your points that offline development is
> > >> bad
> > >>>>> for
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> community.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But I don’t think you need much mentor help. You have
> > >>>>> raised
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> valid
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> issues
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and the Druid community needs to decide what its
> > >>>>> development
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> practices
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should be.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Julian
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Slim Bouguerra <
> > >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello everyone and hope you all have very good
> > >>> holidays.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First, this email is not directed on the author or
> > >> the
> > >>> PR
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid/pull/6794
> > >>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>> self,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> but
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> i
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> see
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this PR as a perfect example.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One of the foundation of Apache Way or what i would
> > >>>>> simply
> > >>>>>>>>>>> call
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> open
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> source
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> community driven development is that "Technical
> > >>> decisions
> > >>>>>> are
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discussed,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decided, and archived publicly.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> developpement"
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which means that big technical  changes such as the
> > >> one
> > >>>>>>>>>>> brought
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> by
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> #/6794
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should have started as a proposal and round of
> > >>>>> discussions
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> about
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> major
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> changes designs not as 11K line of code.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I believe such openness will promote a lot of good
> > >>>>> benefits
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> such
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> as:
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - ensures community health and growth.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - ensures everyone can participate not only the
> > >> authors
> > >>>>> and
> > >>>>>>>>>>> his
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> co-workers.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - ensures that the project is driven by the community
> > >>> and
> > >>>>>>>>>>> not a
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> given
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> company or an individual.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - ensures that there is consensus (not saying 100%
> > >>>>>>>>>>> agreement;)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> however
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> means that all individuals will accept the current
> > >>>>> progress
> > >>>>>>>>>>> on
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> project
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> until some better proposal is put forth.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Personally such BIG offline PR makes me feel excluded
> > >>> and
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> give
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> me a
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sense that i belong to  a community at all.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To prevent such off list development i think as a
> > >> Druid
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Community
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> we
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to stick to the apache way “If it didn’t happen on
> > >> the
> > >>>>>>>>>>> mailing
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> list,
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn’t happen.”
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would appreciate if some of the Apache mentor help
> > >>> with
> > >>>>>>>>>>> this.
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
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> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
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> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> --
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> B-Slim
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>
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