On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn > <d.s.seljeb...@astro.uio.no> wrote: >> On 02/15/2012 02:24 PM, Mark Wiebe wrote: > >>> There certainly is governance now, it's just informal. It's a >>> combination of how the design discussions are carried out, how pull >>> requests occur, and who has commit rights. >> >> +1 >> >> If non-contributing users came along on the Cython list demanding that >> we set up a system to select non-developers along on a board that would >> have discussions in order to veto pull requests, I don't know whether >> we'd ignore it or ridicule it or try to show some patience, but we >> certainly wouldn't take it seriously. > > In the spirit (as I read) of Dag's post, maybe we should accept that > this thread is not going anywhere much, and summarize: > > The current situation is the following: > > Travis is de-facto BDFL for Numpy > Disputes get resolved by convening an ad-hoc group of interested and / > or active developers to resolve or vote, maybe off-list. How this > happens is for Travis to call. > > I think that's reasonable? > > As far as I can make out, in favor of the current status quo with no > significant modification are: > > Travis (is that right)? > Mark > Peter > Bryan vdv > Perry > Dag > > In favor of some sort of formalization of governance to be decided are: > > Me > Ben R (did I get that right?) > Bruce Southey > Souheil Inati > TJ > Joe H > > I am not quite sure which side of that fence are: > > Josef > Alan > Chuck > > If I missed someone who gave an opinion - sorry - please do speak up.
Yes, you got my opinion right (don't know how it was ambiguous. Do I really equivocate that much?). I will note that I am fine with a very light-handed form of governance. The most important thing is that it is agreed upon. That means that when the time comes to solidify the details, we start a new thread and invite members to contribute. Then, when that is finalized, we start a *new* thread and ask users to vote for or against. More complicated governance structures can come later, building off of the existing system -- if desired. Ben Root
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