proposed change to committers policy

[SHANE LONTIS]

It doesn’t stop us both reviewing a PR. That doesn’t mean we both need to approve.


> On 24 May 2019, at 7:21 pm, Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre at ncp-e.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >       <p>In considering approvals, the combined approvals must come
> >       from individuals who work for separate organisations.
> >       This condition does not apply where the organisation is the
> >       OSF or OSS.
> 
> 
> IMHO an important clarification needs to be made: The rule should not be about
> _prohibiting_ double approvals. It should only be about _counting_ them.
> I would not deprive people of the right to state their opinions.
> 
> Also, if Shane has already approved, then Pauli should still have the right
> to approve, since his approval counts as OMC approval and Shane's not.
> 
> How about using a formulation like the following?
> 
>         <p>In considering approvals, approvals from individuals being
>         employed by the same third party company or organization should
>         be counted as a single approval. If one of the individuals is
>         an OMC member, the combined approval counts as an OMC approval.
>         This condition does not apply where the organisation is the
>         OSF or OSS.
> 
> 
> An editorial comment: I think that the amendmend should be made inside the
> unordered list, not following it.
> 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_openssl_web_blob_master_policies_committers.html-23L72-2DL78&d=DwIDaQ&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=b1aL1L-m41VGkedIk-9Q7taAEKIshTBwq95Iah07uCk&m=DYHGYucybgbeMHQn9pS8SBhh_dvJkYrDgKu9gU2l9H4&s=jT3VTidhpkkMAwUuiu_JgqW9mBpD4PP-3Qc8D3KZDdU&e=
> 
> Apart from that: Tim, could you (or someone else of the OMC) please raise a PR
> for your proposal? That would make it easier to discuss the details.
> 
> Matthias
> 
> 

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