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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 73f7addbef..750a5dfbe9 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -2677,14 +2677,17 @@ 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. It is expected from -all contributors, and even more so from committers, to help build -consensus and make decisions based on consensus. By using consensus, we -are committed to finding solutions that everyone can live with. It -implies that no decision is made against significant concerns and these -concerns are actively resolved with proposals that work for everyone. A -contributor (which may or may not have commit access) wishing to block a -proposal bears a special responsibility for finding alternatives, +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. By using +consensus, we are committed to finding solutions that everyone can live +with. It implies that no decision is made against significant concerns +and these concerns are actively resolved with proposals that work for +everyone. + +A contributor (which may or may not have commit access) wishing to block +a proposal bears a special responsibility for finding alternatives, proposing ideas/code or explain the rationale for the status quo to resolve the deadlock. To learn what consensus decision making means and understand its finer details, you are encouraged to read |