[Nix-dev] RFC for RFCs

[Rok Garbas]

I haven't read the latest changes in the RFC, but I welcome any more formal process for major changes. 

Thank you @zimbatm for pursuing this.


> On 09 March 2017 at 13:09 Tomasz Czyż <tomasz.czyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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