On 17/3/19 7:43 am, Amir Sarabadani wrote:
I just want to point out that this wasn't "handed down by a CTO", it was a RFC [1] that and was open for discussion to everyone and was discussed extensively (and the RFC changed because of these discussions, look at the history of the page), then had an IRC meeting that was also open to everyone, then had a "last call" period for raising any objections which was open to everyone too. That passed with no objection being raised and then it also got approved by the CTO.
I might be wrong, but if I understand the structure of TechCom correctly (correct me if I'm wrong), it's open and transparent, the CTO can veto changes (which hasn't happened so far), but it's not like a CTO would just implement a new policy without discussion. This process is more open and transparent than most companies and non-profits.
Yes, that's correct. Daniel raised in TechCom the fact that the Gerrit privilege policy needed a review. I volunteered to lead the project. We didn't think it was strictly within the purview of TechCom to make a binding decision on this, which is why we structured it as a TechCom-facilitated discussion leading to a recommendation presented for CTO approval.
-- Tim Starling