There’s a discussion on the private list on this topic, but given the
recent thread I think it makes sense to move that here.
The vote would be only on this question:
- Is RTC worth trying for 3 months? (+1,+/-0,-1)
I’ve seen some voices in favor, but do not want to propose a vote
without a heads-up. Specifically, even if many people like the idea
we should talk about how we want to do it.
# Review-than-commit
For those that do not know, Review-than-commit is essentially what
Github Pull Requests are. Prior to github, Apache describes them as:
- Commit policy which requires that all changes receive consensus
approval in order to be committed.
I think we’ve seen evidence that:
- Slowing ourselves down can be a good thing.
- Moving ahead after discussion is a good thing. Discussion should
precede even the first commit.
- More eyes and talk around commits can help documentation efforts.
- As 3 +1s are required, a one-to-one conversation with no one else
included is naturally discouraged.
# Trial basis
My thought is to go RTC for 3 months as a trial. After 3 months, no
action means we revert back to our present CTR. A new vote would be
required to continue RTC in any form, as-was or modified.
The trial-basis is to acknowledge that we are voting on a guess of
potential benefits. This allows us to "try before we buy" and the
vote really comes down to if we want to try. We need not make a
decision based on other people's experience and have a means to gain
our own experience with a built-in escape clause that triggers lazily.
RTC may sound like a good idea, but our implemention of it may be bad
in practise. It may sound like a bad idea, but we may discover
positives we hadn't anticipated. We don't currently know.
# How would we do it?
Some things that would be good to discuss:
- How could we use github pull requests? Other communities do use
them and I suspect there are options we have not explored.
- Should all reviews be on the dev list? With Github PRs comments
and JIRA comments, there needs to be a source of truth.
- Should we fully document the process before we try so we can get
the most value from a 3 month trial?
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