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| author | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2023-03-17 16:07:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2023-04-03 15:41:41 -0400 |
| commit | 52d373dfef7ddd93c67bd615e74057af90c189ac (patch) | |
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| parent | f3424ada316a9962818b60ae22236efce8bd9fb7 (diff) | |
| download | guix-52d373dfef7ddd93c67bd615e74057af90c189ac.tar.gz | |
doc: Add a reference to a page explaining consensus decision making.
This is to make explicit something which until now had always been implicit. * doc/contributing.texi (Commit Access): Mention that committers are expected to employ consensus decision making. Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index e03d888bd1..73d1cd2648 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -1727,7 +1727,12 @@ project for at least 6 months. This ensures enough interactions with the contributor, which is essential for mentoring and assessing whether they are ready to become a committer. Commit access should not be thought of as a ``badge of honor'' but rather as a responsibility a -contributor is willing to take to help the project. +contributor is willing to take to help the project. It is expected from +all contributors, and even more so from committers, to help build +consensus and make decisions based on consensus. To learn what +consensus decision making means and understand its finer details, you +are encouraged to read +@url{https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus}. The following sections explain how to get commit access, how to be ready to push commits, and the policies and community expectations for commits |