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The idea of a better-defined governance model for wayland-protocols has been discussed for quite a while [1]. A new GOVERNANCE document describes how changes to the wayland-protocols repository are accepted. A set of members representing projects can vote on merge requests sent via GitLab. The initial list of members is available in the MEMBERS file. [1]: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2019-February/040076.html Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr> Acked-by: Daniel Stone <daniels@collabora.com> Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com> Acked-by: Johan Helsing <johan.helsing@qt.io> Acked-by: Roman Gilg <subdiff@gmail.com> Acked-by: Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof@ubuntu.com> Acked-by: Alan Griffiths <alan.griffiths@canonical.com> Acked-by: Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkrantz@gmail.com> Cc: Carlos Garnacho <carlosg@gnome.org> Cc: David Edmundson <david@davidedmundson.co.uk>
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wayland-protocols governance
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This document governs the maintenance of wayland-protocols and serves to outline
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the broader process for standardization of protocol extensions in the Wayland
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ecosystem.
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1. Membership
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Membership in wayland-protocols is offered to stakeholders in the Wayland
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ecosystem who have an interest in participating in protocol extension
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standardization.
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1.1. Membership requirements
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a. Membership is extended to projects, rather than individuals.
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b. Members represent general-purpose projects with a stake in multiple Wayland
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protocols (e.g. compositors, GUI toolkits, etc), rather than special-purpose
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applications with a stake in only one or two.
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c. Each project must provide one or two named individuals as points-of-contact
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for that project who can be reached to discuss protocol-related matters.
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d. During a vote, if two points-of-contact for the same member disagree, the
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member's vote is considered blank.
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1.2. Becoming a member
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a. New members who meet the criteria outlined in 1.1 are established by
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invitation from an existing member. Projects hoping to join should reach out
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to an existing member asking for this invitation.
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b. New members shall write to the wayland-devel mailing list stating their
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intention of joining and their sponsor.
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c. The sponsor shall respond acknowledging their sponsorship of the membership.
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d. A 14 day discussion period for comments from wayland-protocols members will
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be held.
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e. At the conclusion of the discussion period, the new membership is established
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unless their application was NACKed by a 1/2 majority of all existing members.
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1.3. Ceasing membership
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a. A member may step down by writing their intention to do so to the
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wayland-devel mailing list.
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b. A removal vote may be called for by an existing member by posting to the
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wayland-devel mailing list. This begins a 14 day voting & discussion
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period.
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c. At the conclusion of the voting period, the member is removed if the votes
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total 2/3rds of all current members.
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d. Removed members are not eligible to apply for membership again for a period
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of 1 year.
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e. Following a failed vote, the member who called for the vote cannot
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call for a re-vote or propose any other removal for 90 days.
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2. Protocols
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2.1. Protocol namespaces
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a. Namespaces are implemented in practice by prefixing each interface name in a
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protocol definition (XML) with the namespace name, and an underscore (e.g.
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"xdg_wm_base").
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b. Protocols in a namespace may optionally use the namespace followed by a dash
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in the name (e.g. "xdg-shell").
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c. The "xdg" namespace is established for protocols letting clients
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configure its surfaces as "windows", allowing clients to affect how they
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are managed.
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d. The "wp" namespace is established for protocols generally useful to Wayland
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implementations (i.e. "plumbing" protocols).
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e. The "ext" namespace is established as a general catch-all for protocols that
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fit into no other namespace.
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2.2. Protocol inclusion requirements
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a. All protocols found in the "xdg" and "wp" namespaces at the time of writing
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are grandfathered into their respective namespace without further discussion.
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b. Protocols in the "xdg" and "wp" namespace are eligible for inclusion only if
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ACKed by at least 3 members.
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c. Protocols in the "xdg" and "wp" namespace are ineligible for inclusion if
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if NACKed by any member.
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d. Protocols in the "xdg" and "wp" namespaces must have at least 3 open-source
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implementations (either 1 client + 2 servers, or 2 clients + 1 server) to be
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eligible for inclusion.
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e. Protocols in the "ext" namespace are eligible for inclusion only if ACKed by
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at least one other member.
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f. Protocols in the "ext" namespace must have at least one open-source client &
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one open-source server implementation to be eligible for inclusion.
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g. "Open-source" is defined as distributed with an Open Source Initiative
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approved license.
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2.3. Introducing new protocols
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a. A new protocol may be proposed by submitting a merge request to the
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wayland-protocols Gitlab repository.
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b. Protocol proposal posts must include justification for their inclusion in
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their namespace per the requirements outlined in section 2.2.
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c. An indefinite discussion period for comments from wayland-protocols members
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will be held, with a minimum duration of 30 days. Protocols which require a
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certain level of implementation status, ACKs from members, and so on, should
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use this time to acquire them.
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d. When the proposed protocol meets all requirements for inclusion per section
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2.2, and the minimum discussion period has elapsed, the sponsoring member may
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merge their changes in the wayland-protocol repository.
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e. Amendments to existing protocols may be proposed by the same process, with
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no minimum discussion period.
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f. Declaring a protocol stable may be proposed by the same process, with the
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regular 30 day minimum discussion period.
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3. Protocol adoption documentation
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3.1. Adoption website
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a. This section is informational.
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b. A website will be made available for interested parties to browse the
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implementation status of protocols included in wayland-protocols.
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c. A statement from each member of wayland-protocols will be included on the
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site.
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d. Each protocol will be listed along with its approval status from each member.
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e. The approval statuses are:
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1. NACK, or "negative acknowledgement", meaning that the member is opposed to
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the protocol in principle.
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2. NOPP, or "no opposition", meaning that the member is not opposed to the
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protocol in principle, but does not provide an implementation.
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3. ACK, or "acknowledged", meaning that the member supports the protocol in
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principle, but does not provide an implementation.
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4. IMPL, or "implemented", meaning that the member supports the protocol and
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provides an implementation.
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f. Each member may write a short statement expanding on the rationale for their
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approval status, which will be included on the site.
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g. A supplementary list of implementations will also be provided on the site,
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which may include implementations supported by non-members.
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3.2. Changes to the adoption website
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a. This section is informational.
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b. A new protocol is added to the website by the sponsoring member at the
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conclusion of the discussion period (section 2.3.c).
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c. During the discussion period (section 2.3.c), interested parties may express
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their approval status on the Gitlab merge request. The default approval
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status for members who do not participate in the discussion is "NOPP".
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d. Members may change their acknowledgement status or support statement at any
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time after the discussion period (section 2.3.c) has closed by simply merging
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their update in the wayland-protocols repository.
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4. Amending this document
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a. An amendment to this document may be proposed any member by
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submitting a merge request on Gitlab.
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b. A 30 day discussion period for comments from wayland-protocols members will
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be held.
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c. At the conclusion of the discussion period, an amendment will become
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effective if it's ACKed by at least 2/3rds of all wayland-protocols members,
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and NACKed by none. The sponsoring member may merge their change to the
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wayland-protocols repository at this point.
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wayland-protocols members
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- EFL/Enlightenment: Mike Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkrantz@gmail.com>
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- GTK/Mutter: Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@gmail.com>,
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Carlos Garnacho <carlosg@gnome.org>
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- KWin: Roman Gilg <subdiff@gmail.com>,
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David Edmundson <david@davidedmundson.co.uk>
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- Mir: Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof@ubuntu.com>,
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Alan Griffiths <alan.griffiths@canonical.com>
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- Qt: Johan Helsing <johan.helsing@qt.io>
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- Weston: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com>,
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Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org>
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- wlroots/Sway: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
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