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On 28/01/15 14:25 +0100, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>When we first introduced the cross-project specs (specs for things that
>may potentially affect all OpenStack projects, or where more convergence
>is desirable), we defaulted to rather simple rules for approval:
>
>- discuss the spec in a cross-project meeting
>- let everyone +1/-1 and seek consensus


I don't mind having the TC leading the direction of cross-project
specs. However, I think giving +1/-1 to the rest of the community has
some extra value.

Besides being able to express opinion easily, it makes it clear at a
first glance what the general feeling about a spec is. Furthermore, in
very active reviews, there's a chance that some comments could be,
unintentionally, skipped due to the activity on the spec.

Having an explicit, but not definitive, vote for the community is
important and also inclusive.

Flavio

>- wait for the affected PTLs to vote
>- wait even more
>- tally the votes (and agree a consensus is reached) during a TC meeting
>- give +2/Worflow+1 to all TC members to let them push the Go button
>
>However, the recent approval of the Log guidelines
>(https://review.openstack.org/#/c/132552/) revealed that those may not
>be the rules we are looking for.
>
>Sean suggested that only the TC chair should be able to workflow+1 to
>avoid accidental approval.
>
>Doug suggested that we should use the TC voting rules (7 YES, or at
>least 5 YES and more YES than NO) on those.
>
>In yesterday's meeting, Sean suggested that TC members should still have
>a -2-like veto (if there is no TC consensus on the fact that community
>consensus is reached, there probably is no real consensus).
>
>There was little time to discuss this more in yesterday's TC meeting, so
>I took the action to push that discussion to the ML.
>
>So what is it we actually want for that repository ? In a world where
>Gerrit can do anything, what would you like to have ?
>
>Personally, I want our technical community in general, and our PTLs/CPLs
>in particular, to be able to record their opinion on the proposed
>cross-project spec. Then, if consensus is reached, the spec should be
>approved.
>
>This /could/ be implemented in Gerrit by giving +1/-1 to everyone to
>express technical opinion and +2/-2 to TC members to evaluate consensus
>(with Workflow+1 to the TC chair to mark when all votes are collected
>and consensus is indeed reached).
>
>Other personal opinions on how you'd like this repository reviews to be
>run ?
>
>-- 
>Thierry Carrez (ttx)
>
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