[Nix-dev] RFC for RFCs

[Tomasz Czyż]

Thanks! Great stuff!

2017-03-08 21:21 GMT+00:00 zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com>:

> 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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