On 5/26/26 10:23, Nguyễn Gia Phong via Development of GNU Guix and the
GNU System distribution. wrote:
Hi Pjotr,
On 2026-05-26 at 08:28+02:00, Pjotr Prins wrote:
I suggest we go with Christine's wording, leave out everything else
on energy, evilness, worries of the future, etc. etc.
All we should really care about is that no slop enters Guix
and that people take ownership of what they do
whatever way they go about it.
Seconded. We only need to reach a concensus regarding
the course of action, not the reason behind it.
On the other hand, it is easier to reach consensus if we know each
others reasons, because then we understand what they find important.
That is, we might concede on a point that is unimportant to us when we
realize it is very important to someone else (and hopefully vice-versa),
and find a solution that we are all happy (enough) with.
It is even useful to record part of the rational, because over time the
arguments might change. E.g. the legal aspect is important to many, so
our consensus might shift if the legal landscape changes.
We know when we might need to reconsider our consensus if we recorded
what our original reasoning was. Otherwise we'd be blindly following
rules without knowing why the rule exists.
