On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 01:26:44PM +0100, Ross Paterson wrote:
On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:58:59AM +1000, Donald Bruce Stewart wrote:
After some discussion on the libraries list, I've put up the suggested 'best practice' for proposing library changes, here:
I see you've deleted the bit about silence being taken as consent. I think we need something like this, or at least a presumption that the change will happen unless someone objects, to encourage a discussion, and to help focus the discussion.
Actually, I think this is essential to improving the process. As it is, that page lists lots of extra work for the proposer, but gives nothing in return. After they do all that work, they're in the same situation they are now: if the proposal doesn't get a chorus of approval, it's left in limbo, with no indication of why. If we really do want to encourage submissions, we need balancing obligations on reviewers, and this is the simplest, most flexible way to achieve them.