From af3a1642b8adfa4d9e7890ac4eeb4030ce4bef3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Cox Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:43:43 -0400 Subject: README.md: document declined as duplicate and declined as retracted Change-Id: I60383587af4b4bce4cbbdd11f5d992d752969c50 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/proposal/+/335970 Trust: Russ Cox Run-TryBot: Russ Cox Reviewed-by: Russ Cox --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d9260bb..e33067c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -239,6 +239,26 @@ the proposal review group may leave the proposal in Likely Decline for another week or even move the proposal back to Active. Once a proposal is marked Declined, it is closed. +#### Declined as Duplicate + +If a proposal duplicates a previously decided proposal, +the proposal review group may decline the proposal as a duplicate +without progressing through the Active or Likely Decline stages. + +Generally speaking, our approach to reconsidering previously decided proposals +follows John Ousterhout's advice in his post +“[Open Decision-Making](https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/decisions.php),” +in particular the “Reconsideration” section. + +#### Declined as Retracted + +If a proposal is closed or retracted in a comment by the original author, +the proposal review group may declined the proposal as retracted +without progressing through the Active or Likely Decline stages. + +If it seems like there is still general interest from others, the proposal +may also be kept open and the discussion continued. + #### Hold If discussion of a proposal requires design revisions or additional information -- cgit v1.3