> On Aug 2, 2017, at 4:31 PM, Bobby Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > > You don't want it in the bylaws yet, Not a big deal, but I still think having > the rules formally written up are a good start, even if they are not formally > voted on and binding in the bylaws. > We can try it out see what works and what doesn’t.
Exactly. Essentially “try before you buy.” That way if we decide we don’t like it, we don’t need a 2/3 PMC majority to roll it back. Tangent: There is also the possibility that certain proposals be summarily dismissed at the *idea* phase. This sort of happened with flux [1]. It wasn’t until the feature was fully implemented — outside the storm community — that the idea finally gained acceptance. Granted, that’s only one isolated example. Some things about the KIP process feel waterfall-ish to me, and I don’t like the possibility of ideas being dismissed before given a chance (e.g. not being articulated well enough, non-native language, etc.). That being said, I support trying it out as an experiment. But I agree with Bobby that the language of the policy needs to be worked out. -Taylor [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STORM-561?focusedCommentId=14243304&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14243304
