On Sat, 2022-05-07 at 14:39 +0200, Nico Huber wrote:
> On 06.05.22 03:52, Anastasia Klimchuk wrote:
> > There are several questions raised in this thread, but good news is
> > that at the meeting yesterday one of the questions was decided on!
> >
> > We decided to have a Reviewers group for flashrom.
>
> Technically the attendees agreed on it. Which is a kind of a random
> selection of people.
I wouldn't call these people "a random selection of people". Looking at
the flashrom developers group, these are the ones who are most active
in the project. Angel didn't attend the meeting and though he noticed
the related commit which does the change [1]. So it's not like people
are unable to notice it.
What wouldn't be a random selection of people? Who are the right people
if not the active ones?
> I would prefer if topics that ask for a decision get their own
> mailing list thread. Not that I expect anyone to object, but it still
> would be nice to give busy people a chance to notice it. A little
> courtesy can't hurt, can it?
How much courtesy does it need to make a decision? Who else do you
expect to reply?
Seriously, this thread has been on the mailing list for two months now.
If the subject of the thread ("Gatekeeping, ACLs and Review Rules") is
not eye-catching enough, well.. Then I don't know. I think people had
enough time to read and comment. I can't see that anyone in this thread
is objecting on this specific topic.
Then, it was a topic on the meeting agenda, which is public viewable,
and it was discussed there. No one objected. Neither before, during the
meeting nor after the meeting.
And finally, I also sent an email with the meeting notes (agenda +
notes + a somewhat summary of the meeting) to the mailing list. The
summary is on the top of the mail and contains "We want a separate
reviewers group for flashrom so that reviewers are not mixed across
different projects". No one objected.
I think everyone had enough chances to comment and to object, but
instead only the same people reply. So why should we wait and use more
time on this? The time can be used better elsewhere.
To answer your question: Actually, I think it can hurt. For example,
when it slows down or even blocks a decision for an unknown reason.
This hurts a lot.
// Felix
[1] https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/64101
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