-1

If something has been done that should be undone, I very much trust Volker
to take care of it when he can, without the need for endless time-consuming
discussions and votes.

Best,

Guillermo

On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 at 17:54, David Roe <roed.m...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Sage has had a review process for over 15 years, but a combination of
> recent changes has led to the merging of a PR into sage-10.4.beta3 of a
> change (#36964 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964>) that I
> believe should not (yet) have been merged.  In #37796
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37796> I created a PR to revert
> the change, which was opposed by the author of the original change.  After 
> some
> voting
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37796#issuecomment-2053675535>
> using the disputed PR policy
> <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/IgBYUJl33SQ/m/kvmOlVb1AQAJ>,
> Matthias has asked
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37796#issuecomment-2061926393> for
> a vote on sage-devel about this reversion, in accordance with the section
> that "This process is intended as a lower-intensity method for resolving
> disagreements, and full votes on sage-devel override the process described
> below."  I am therefore asking you to vote (+1 means merge #37796
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37796> in order to revert #36964
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964>).
>
> First, here are the relevant parts of the history of this particular
> change:
>
> - #36964 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964> was created on
> December 25 by Matthias, positively reviewed
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964#pullrequestreview-1796972215>
> by Kwankyu on Decemebr 27, disputed, received enough votes
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964#issuecomment-2041646521> to
> get a positive review on April 7, and was merged
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964#issuecomment-2053520605> by
> Volker on April 12.  It had dependencies: #37667,
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37667>#36951
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36951>, and #36676
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676>.  While #37667
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37667> had positive review and was
> already been merged, the other two were still disputed: they had received
> an initial positive review but others objected and discussion was ongoing.
>
> - #37667 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37667> is not disputed.
>
> - #36951 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36951> was created on
> December 23 by Matthias, positively reviewed
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36951#pullrequestreview-1799928234>
> by Kwankyu on January 1, disputed, received enough votes
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36951#issuecomment-2041636273>
> (3-1) to change to positive review on April 7, had a clarification to bring
> back to (3-2) and remove positive review, then was included in the merge of
> #36964 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964>. On April 13, John
> Palmieri voted in favor
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36951#issuecomment-2053686090>, so
> the current vote stands at 4-2, enough for the 2-1 threshold in order to
> get positive review under the disputed voting process.
>
> - #36676 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676> was created on
> November 8 by Matthias, positively reviewed
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676#issuecomment-1813306867> by
> John Palmieri on November 15, and then disputed.  The most recent count was 
> 6-4
> in favor
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676#issuecomment-2050362637>
> (falling short of the 2-1 ratio needed under the disputed voting process);
> since then I voted
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676#issuecomment-2050531437> in
> favor, it was included in the merge of #36964
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964>, and then Martin voted
> against.
>
> At issue is the PR #36676 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676>,
> where discussion was still ongoing when #36964
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964> was merged.  The reversion
> of this PR proposed is purely for process reasons (I voted in favor of
> #36676 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676> before all this
> happened!).  The 5 Sage developers opposed to #36676
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676> deserve to have our
> processes followed.  What went wrong?
>
> I think what happened resulted from a combination of the new disputed
> voting process, mismatched expectations around dependencies after the move
> to github, and Volker's release management scripts.  Several developers
> privately expressed concern prior to this merge about exactly this outcome,
> and I reassured them that dependencies would be taken into account.
> Unfortunately, dependencies are now (unlike in trac) just a text section of
> the PR comment, and the release scripts only see the label.
>
> There are lots of things to discuss around this chain of events.  I ask
> that everyone keep this thread focused on whether to merge #37796
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/37796> in order to revert #36964
> <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36964>.  Some other topics, and
> places I suggest for discussing them:
> - Ways to improve or eliminate the disputed voting process: I suggest
> Dima's recent thread
> <https://groups.google.com/g/sage-devel/c/1eLrTCa7tVA>.
> - The merits of #36676 <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/36676>: I
> suggest discussing this either in the comments on that PR, or starting a
> new sage-devel topic if you have broader changes to raise about sage
> development.
> - Broader discussion of technical differences or philosophy: start a new
> thread.
>
> I suggest a deadline of Sunday April 21 at 23:59 US/Pacific for this vote.
>
> Finally, many of these PRs have been plagued by conflict and inappropriate
> language.  Please, keep comments friendly in this discussion.
> David
>

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