To my tentative counting there seems to be 3 against, 4 pro and a +0.  There 
will definitely be a vote.

If one of the “pros” can start drafting a short doc on how we’d like to do RTC, 
that’d be awesome.   Doesn’t have to be fancy, just something to prevent 
everyone from interpreting RTC differently.  I agree with others who have 
voiced it that we’d want reviews to be on the dev list.


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David Blevins
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> On Jul 2, 2017, at 6:04 PM, David Blevins <david.blev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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> David Blevins
> http://twitter.com/dblevins
> http://www.tomitribe.com
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