Re: [Ietf-and-github] I-D Action: draft-ietf-git-using-github-01.txt

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

Looks good, thanks.

Regards
   Brian

On 22-Oct-19 11:59, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2019, at 06:37, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> Secondly, I think something like the following is needed, possibly in 
>> section 10 'GitHub Limitations':
>>
>> For practical reasons, some participants might access GitHub only via 
>> its web interface. The above recommendations still allow them to 
>> participate in discussions. If any participants have no access to 
>> GitHub for some reason, the Working Group chairs MUST ensure that their 
>> comments are taken into account.
> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> There was already text in Section 7 that addressed this point.  I've sharpened it (major additions highlighted), as follows:
> 
> ~~~
> [...]  Participants who wish to limit this time commitment might
> follow GitHub activity selectively, either by following only specific issues or
> by occasionally reviewing the state of the document.  **Other participants might
> not use GitHub at all.**  Chairs are reminded that assessing consensus based on
> GitHub content alone cannot be assumed to reach all interested participants.
> 
> **Chairs MUST consider input from all discussion venues when assessing consensus
> including GitHub, mailing lists, and in-person meetings.  Each venue has
> different selection biases that might need to be considered.**
> 
> A Working Group chair MUST consult the Working Group mailing list for any issue
> that is potentially contentious. [...]
> ~~~
> 
> I've bundled this with the suggested unpacking of "session".
> 
> https://github.com/ietf-gitwg/using-github/pull/24
>