Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP XX: Fix the GLEP process

[Grant Goodyear <g2boojum@gentoo.org>]

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Jason Stubbs wrote: [Mon Dec 12 2005, 08:06:54PM CST]
> The purpose of GLEPs is to coordinate several teams into providing an
> overall enhancement to Gentoo. However, the GLEP itself is written by
> a single person rather than a cooperative effort between the teams.

You know, there's no reason that GLEPs need to be written by a single
person.  It's often true, though, that it is a single person's idea,
initially at least.

> Specification
> 
> Rather than coming to the ML with a completed GLEP and then asking for
> feedback, a GLEP author should look at the teams involved and then
> select a solicit a member from each team to be responsible for that
> area of the GLEP.  The GLEP author may represent any teams they belong
> to.

Throwing out the initial GLEP amounts to the same thing, in my opinion,
since any interested parties are urged to provide feedback, and ideally
the next revision will include that feedback, either to accept it or
reject it.

> Rationale
> 
> Rather than doing lots of hard work and having it thrown away once it
> is found to be unacceptable by the teams involved, the teams involved
> share the hard work and come up with something acceptable to everybody
> right from the outset.

Yes, of course, GLEP authors should talk to the folks who are likely to
be affected beforehand, but if they fail to do so then the GLEP process
is likely to be rather protracted for that GLEP.  I have to admit that I
have no problem with people doing hard work for little gain, if that's
what people want to do.  *Shrug*  

-g2boojum-
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