Presuming no more feedback, I think we're good to go on this?

I'll try to find some time this weekend to update our contribution
guide to call this out a little.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Kengo Seki <[email protected]> wrote:
> +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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