[Nix-dev] RFC for RFCs

[Bas van Dijk]

Good to see this happen!

I would like a RFC on floating-point support in Nix. Unfortunately I don't
have time to work on that myself.

Bas

On 18 March 2017 at 23:09, zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com> wrote:

> RFC 0001 has been merged! The repo still needs to be moved to the NixOS
> org but we're getting there :)
>
> To keep the ball rolling, let me know if you want to try drafting a RFC.
> The whole process is probably still a bit rough and we need to get a couple
> of RFCs trough the process to make it better.
>
> Cheers,
> z
>
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 at 17:44 Rok Garbas <rok at garbas.si> wrote:
>
>> 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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