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RFC 98 Chat

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5 Nov 2021
@irenes:matrix.orgIrenesMy discussion with tomberek last night was about how to understand the level of support the RFC has.20:02:50
@irenes:matrix.orgIrenesI'm on board with the trial period idea.20:02:59
@irenes:matrix.orgIrenesI think there's a lot of stuff we can clarify, the RFC will be stronger for all this discussion.20:03:28
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.orgI think one the problems with RFC process is that it encourages too much of waterfall ship-it-and-make-no-mistakes21:00:36
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.orgI wonder what would be a more incremental nature to it21:00:45
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.org
In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
expressing negative feelings is fine, and plenty of people have been doing so constructively over the past several... has it been months? but the emphasis there is on "constructively" - those expressions do need to come from a fundamentally empathic stance, a realization that one's own concerns are not the only ones that matter and that there is always going to be some weighing of competing interests and concerns.
Thanks for allowing the folks to just express their opinion without having a solution, I think that's important too. While we have folks that deeply care and want to improve things, it's also fair to have community members that say "I don't approve this but I'm not willing to invest time". I realize RFC is not the best place, but having one is still important.
21:03:10
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.org
In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
expressing negative feelings is fine, and plenty of people have been doing so constructively over the past several... has it been months? but the emphasis there is on "constructively" - those expressions do need to come from a fundamentally empathic stance, a realization that one's own concerns are not the only ones that matter and that there is always going to be some weighing of competing interests and concerns.
* Thanks for allowing the folks to just express their opinion/feelings without having a solution, I think that's important too. While we have folks that deeply care and want to improve things, it's also fair to have community members that say "I don't approve this but I'm not willing to invest time". I realize RFC is not the best place, but having one is still important.
21:03:28
@7c6f434c:nitro.chat7c6f434c
In reply to @domenkozar:matrix.org
I think one the problems with RFC process is that it encourages too much of waterfall ship-it-and-make-no-mistakes
But it also encourages incremental «make the piece so small that we can actually finish discussing it» approach! (Or at least it encouraged this approach in me, when I wrote succesful RFCs)
21:07:52
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.org (my thanks refers to joepie91 🏳️‍🌈's comment on the RFC, in case someone wants to interpret it as expressing irony) 21:08:04
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.org * (my thanks refers to joepie91 🏳️‍🌈's comment on the RFC, in case someone interpreted it as expressing irony) 21:08:54
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.org
In reply to @7c6f434c:nitro.chat
But it also encourages incremental «make the piece so small that we can actually finish discussing it» approach! (Or at least it encouraged this approach in me, when I wrote succesful RFCs)
A lot of things are never finished, but that doesn't mean at some point you have to make a snapshot and say "this is the status quo"
21:10:29
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.org
In reply to @7c6f434c:nitro.chat
But it also encourages incremental «make the piece so small that we can actually finish discussing it» approach! (Or at least it encouraged this approach in me, when I wrote succesful RFCs)
* A lot of projects are never finished, but that doesn't mean at some point can't make a snapshot and say "this is the status quo"
21:11:02
@domenkozar:matrix.org@domenkozar:matrix.orgMaybe the missing puzzle is that we can allow PRs against merged RFCS instead of creating new RFCs21:11:38

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