The most recent response in this discussion thread was posted over 3 weeks ago. (There has been major activity on PRs linked in some of the posts, though.)
Do we have a timeline for the next step in this effort? Best wishes for the new year to all members of the Sage community! Matthias On Friday, November 24, 2023 at 8:18:34 AM UTC-8 David Roe wrote: > Hi all, > I'm writing about an issue that I think is causing substantial harm to the > Sage community: the only current mechanism we have for resolving a > disagreement is to call a vote on this email list. There are certainly > times where this is an appropriate response, and I think it's still > reasonable for policy disagreements or major decisions, but I would like to > create an alternative resolution process that doesn't require emailing a > list with 2578 members. > > The need for such a process is highlighted by several recent disputes; see > #36694 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36694> and #35403 > <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/35403> for example, but there are > others. The particular case I would like to address is where there is a > general consensus, but one person (or a few people) disagree. > > Here is a proposed policy, which I am happy to revise: > > If there are at least twice as many developers in favor of a change as > there are opposed (which may include the author of a PR), then any > developer may set the PR to positive review and those opposed should not > set it back, as long as both of the following conditions are satisfied: > * it has been at least one week since an initial objection was raised, > * all of the participants being counted in favor have commented on the PR > since the initial objection. > > Of course, consensus is preferable, and this policy would not relieve us > all of the responsibility to make persuasive arguments in favor of our > positions. But I think we need a mechanism of this kind when consensus > can't be reached. Also note that an objector is welcome to attempt to > bring others into the discussion on their side if they remain firmly > opposed. > > I hope that others can suggest improvements to the idea above, and remind > everyone to keep the discussion positive and civil. I plan to call a vote > on whatever proposal comes out of our discussion. > David > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/ce779705-967c-4775-86f5-1d21f00a091dn%40googlegroups.com.
