Matt.
Agreed that it's time to push this issue to a conclusion.
There seemed to be two schools of thought in the "Returning to Commit-
Then-Review" thread:
1) CTR with guidelines for documenting new function to the community,
and
2) RTC with lazy consensus.
The proposal you describe below is a third option (RTC with relaxed
review and PMC vote requirements). Which is fine, but I think it's a
new/different proposal. I assume this was your intention.
I propose we summarize these 3 options and put them to a vote. If we
feel that is fragmenting the vote, then we vote on CTR vs. RTC, then
refine the specific process. Comments?
--kevan
On Sep 6, 2006, at 1:50 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
*** Begin Proposal ***
Geronimo Development Process
Geronimo follows a model similar to Review Then Commit (RTC).
Patches for new function are provided by developers for review and
comment by their peers. Feedback is conducted through JIRA
comments. The goal of this interaction is to solicit suggestions
from the community and incorporate their feedback as appropriate.
In order for a patch to be accepted it requires the following:
* Needs to be reviewed by committers on the project. Others may
comment but their comments are not binding. The review may, but
does not have to, include application and testing. The goal of the
review is to understand the technical attributes of the change as
well as the assess other impacts to the project as a whole.
* 3 +1 votes from committers on the project (1 of these committers
needs to be a member of the PMC) with no outstanding -1 votes.
* Any -1 votes need to be accompanied by a reason and a mutually
agreed upon solution to the issue raised.
* If the issues can't be resolved then the PMC can be called upon
to settle the dispute and make a recommendation.
* Issues are generally of a technical nature. However, issues may
include other items like usability, project cohesiveness or other
issues that impact the project as a whole.
The goal of these guidelines is to facilitate timely communication
as well as the fostering of ideas and collaboration as well as
innovation.
*** End Proposal ***
