On 23 November 2014 at 17:20, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 6:40 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> > wrote: > > >> Does anyone mind if I rephrase the page to make it mandatory to use the > >> wiki for proposals? > > > > I’m sorry I was “out" the past few weeks. What proposal attempted to > post a > > proposal that was not on the wiki? What problem did that cause? > > I agree that we don't want to criminalize failure to adhere to procedural > minutiae. > > > IMO, it doesn’t matter so long as the original vote to accept the > proposal > > includes the entire proposal. > > It would be inconvenient if people don't use the wiki or some other form > where > the evolution of the proposal can be inspected using diffs. Close reading > of > proposal text is costly; serious flaws can hide in small crevices. We > don't > want those weighing a proposal to have to perform careful review a second > time > for the VOTE thread. > > However, until there's an actual problem with people not using the wiki, we > don't want to put ourselves in a position where we say "you MUST use the > wiki" > and then ignore our own rules and accept a proposal anyway. > > > We should always be thinking less rules, less process, less roles. > > +1 > > Rules which are byzantine and opaque are hard to follow and hard to > enforce. > Cumbersome regulation favors the establishment, and we want to foster > innovation by newcomers. > I think I am a bit lost here, or we talk in reality about 2 themes. I dont want to criminalize anybody, but on the other hand I would like to have 1 common place where to look for accepted proposals. Having the proposals, at least after acceptance, in one place should be beneficial to everyone, so how about wording it as a strong suggestion. rgds jan i. > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
