In order to initiate a discussion about a new idea, they should send an email to the [development mailing list](../communication) or submit a
Hey all, I generally like this development. Thanks for putting in the effort, to everyone involved! Some things aren't quite clear to me, but also not critical blockers: First: patch implementing the idea to the issue tracker (or version-control system if they have commit access). I see some overlap between initiating a discussion about a new idea on the mailing list, and opening an issue for a new feature on the issue tracker, but without immediately making it a PR (something which isn't mentioned in that excerpt). Is the mailing list then preferred to propose new features, or should the preferred path still be the issue and PR trackers of each repository? I would think it is the latter, and the mailing list being meant for "higher-level ideas" like new projects and long-term directions, but I could also see someone getting confused when reading this document. Second:
The Chair [...] has the casting vote when the project fails to reach consensus.
However, in case of a tie between choices in the outcome of a vote,
and: the external PMC member is asked to select one of these options as the winner. Maybe I am misunderstanding, but to me this sounds like both the chair and the external PMC member are tie-breakers, which obviously wouldn't work if they disagree on how to break the tie. How is that meant to work? Kind regards Matthias -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Jülich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Düren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Stefan Müller Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lambrecht (Vorsitzende), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. Ir. Pieter Jansens --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------