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| author | Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> | 2024-03-02 08:07:11 +0100 |
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| committer | Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> | 2024-03-02 08:07:11 +0100 |
| commit | 3d4fc910f73220f47e5f2459853333a7c83c5d1d (patch) | |
| tree | d3178f93b78b3629dc7067cef69cf2a95490966d /doc/contributing.texi | |
| parent | 9160cccd767cdfa55f7a460750c6b0f7544c12eb (diff) | |
| parent | 4a0549be52f3f46fbce61342d8de30f7b83130c5 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into emacs-team
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 5707ff5cde..a7d91724fb 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -2111,9 +2111,15 @@ 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. To learn what -consensus decision making means and understand its finer details, you -are encouraged to read +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 @url{https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus}. The following sections explain how to get commit access, how to be ready @@ -2328,7 +2334,7 @@ Perhaps the biggest action you can do to help GNU Guix grow as a project is to review the work contributed by others. You do not need to be a committer to do so; applying, reading the source, building, linting and running other people's series and sharing your comments about your -experience will give some confidence to committers. Basically, you gmust +experience will give some confidence to committers. Basically, you must ensure the check list found in the @ref{Submitting Patches} section has been correctly followed. A reviewed patch series should give the best chances for the proposed change to be merged faster, so if a change you |