+1 as a transitional measure until our project secures enough committers.
I think the downside is little, because only committers can push changes
and they should be able to judge if the +1 is reliable or not, based on the
additional comment and/or the reviewer's past activities.

2015-10-21 10:18 GMT+09:00 Chris Nauroth <[email protected]>:

> +1
>
> I agree with this model in the early days of the project.  Let's watch it
> closely.  As we grow the community, we might find that we prefer to switch
> back to the traditional model of requiring a binding +1 from a committer.
>
> I'll also take this opportunity to apologize for my own lack of
> participation on reviews.  I'll try to address this on my side.
> Meanwhile, thank you Sean for suggesting a very practical solution.
>
> --Chris Nauroth
>
>
>
>
> On 10/20/15, 1:48 PM, "Sean Busbey" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Over the last month we've been pretty constrained by reviewer
> >bandwidth (specifically my reviewer bandwidth). I propose that we
> >start accepting reviews from non-committers as sufficient for a
> >committer to push changes.
> >
> >I see a few advantages:
> >
> >1) Like the overall RtC process, this puts non-committers and
> >committers on more of an equal footing. With only committers having
> >the ability to review "for real" we get something analogous to
> >priority inversion where the easiest path forward is reserved for
> >contributions from non-committers.
> >
> >2) Providing a non-binding review is unsatisfactory. The easiest way
> >to encourage more folks to do reviews (and thus become committers) is
> >to listen to their feedback from the start.
> >
> >3) We immediately gain more bandwidth as a community when a new person
> >shows up willing to do the work of reviewing.
> >
> >The primary disadvantage is that by definition non-committers haven't
> >yet been vetted by the community in what makes A Good Review. I see
> >that largely as something we can rely on trust of committers for in
> >short term, and address long term by documenting what we want to see
> >in our contributor guide.
> >
> >Thoughts?
> >
> >-Sean
> >
>
>

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