[Nix-dev] RFC for RFCs

[zimbatm]

The RFC for RFCs is ready for a final round of review. Unless there are
major objections I would like to move forward with it, with the idea that
we can always improve the process with further RFCs.

https://github.com/zimbatm/rfcs/pull/1

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 at 20:17 Maarten Hoogendoorn <maarten at moretea.nl> wrote:

> Also see the notes that Arian took during the BoF session at FOSDEM:
>
> We had a very spontaneous NixOS discussion panel at FOSDEM.
>
> I took minutes.  I must say they're a bit rushy at times, so add stuff to
> it
> you think isn't clear or is lacking in content.  Thanks!
>
>
> http://piratepad.net/1nHg65LMQj
>
>
> 2017-02-12 19:46 GMT+01:00 Thomas Hunger <tehunger at gmail.com>:
>
> That would be amazing! I actually have an email sitting in my draft folder
> proposing Nix Enhancement Proposals (NEPs).
>
> IMHO one of the things we aren't very good at is getting larger changes
> merged or rejected. We attract a lot of smart people because Nix is pretty
> awesome. These smart people then do substantial work, submit a PR and the
> PR bitrots. This is highly demotivating.
>
> An RFC process would allow us to get to an accept / reject early on, with
> the expectation that accepted RFCs will be merged when the technical work
> is done.
>
> I'll add more specific comments to your PR.
>
> ~
>
> On 12 February 2017 at 15:12, zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> we discussed of introducing a RFC process during FOSDEM. The goal is to
> help discussion for large or controversial changes which typically grind to
> a halt.
>
> Here is an initial proposal based on the one from the Rust community:
> https://github.com/zimbatm/rfcs/pull/1 . Please let me know what you
> think.
>
> Cheers,
> z
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