On 06/14/2017 02:08 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 09:30:03PM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote: >> On 2017-06-09, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> >>> [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: --] >>> On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 07:41:21AM +0000, Guenter Milde wrote: >>>> I don't have a preference regarding the two alternative patches for stable. >>> And what is the status of this discussion for 2.3.0? Did we come to an >>> agreement on what should be done? >> Unfortunately, there is no agreement. > OK. So we are stuck. I want to come to a decision before beta1. I'm not > sure what to suggest. I get the feeling that we've had enough discussion > and further discussion will not lead to a unanimous agreement. In this > case, I suppose we need to take a vote. Can I get a +1 from someone else > that thinks a vote would be a good idea in this situation?
Yes, that's the way we have proceeded in the past when there were such disagreements. > (if indeed I get a +1 on the above) to proceed with a vote, anyone who > would like to make a proposal would need to write a self-contained > description of the problem and their proposed solution. A critique of > other available solutions is encouraged as well, so that we get a > feeling of the advantages/disadvantages of each proposed solution. I > emphasize self-contained because the discussion has been spread out and > we want people to participate in the vote who have not followed the > discussion so far. In addition to the essence of the proposal being > self-contained, you are welcome to make references to previous > discussion if you want to give the reader the option of reading a > particular issue more in detail. But don't waste time on this until we > get a +1 to proceed with a vote. + a lot. We defintely need a summary of what the issue is. rh
