Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP system worthwhile?

[Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org>]

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Ian Leitch wrote: [Fri Mar 11 2005, 09:50:01AM CST]
> The effort required to get GLEPs even posted on glep.g.o is enough to
> put some people off.

Really?  It's usually just a matter of e-mailing me.  I read through
it, and if I see that the GLEP fails to answer some questions that I
predict will arise, I will generally mention it to the GLEP author and
suggest that such issues be addressed, even it is just to add a
section labeled "open questions".  Very occasionally I will mention to
an author that I don't think a GLEP is actually needed, and suggest
that the author just talk to the appropriate person and implement it.
I don't believe that I have ever outright refused a GLEP, or even added
more than a day to the time for it to be posted.

Most of these issues are moot, however, because in many cases GLEP
authors prefer to post an informal GLEP on -dev first, gather comments,
and then submit a formal GLEP after an initial revision.

> I propose that a dev is free to upload a GLEP in any state of
> completeness/correctness as they wish, devs can then vote on said GLEP.
> If the GLEP author makes changes, devs then vote again on that revision.
> This system also gives power back to the devs (and users if they're
> allowed to vote) and away from the GLEP editors.

It's worth noting that a GLEP author need not be a dev, so those
people, of course, would always require a surrogate to submit/revise
GLEPs.  As for devs being able to upload/revise GLEPs, I'm not opposed.
The reason that devs cannot update their own GLEPs right now is purely
technical: the GLEP page is part of the www tree, and that tree has
fairly strict permissions.  If opening up the GLEP directory isn't too
much of a pita for infra, I certainly won't oppose it.  I would still
prefer that GLEPs be run by one of the editors before being posted,
since we may be able to help, but I wouldn't insist on it.  I would be
very sad, though, if people took advantage of a more liberal policy to
post poorly-thought-out junk.

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