[Development] Proposal: Using Gerrit for new approver proposals?

[Alex Blasche]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of
> Thiago Macieira
> Sent: Monday, 20 May 2019 17:20
> To: development at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Proposal: Using Gerrit for new approver proposals?
> 
> On Monday, 20 May 2019 01:50:03 PDT Florian Bruhin wrote:
> > What about using Gerrit to do so? I'm not sure how the repository
> > would look (probably just text files with the proposal text)? Then
> > people could +1 that change instead.
> 
> I'm neutral on this, so long as the announcement of the proposal is sent to the
> list first.
> 
> The list is the ultimate decision-making body in the Qt Project. Just as QUIPs
> record a decision made in the mailing list, the +1 for new approvers and
> maintainers can be recorded in Gerrit.

Because of this requirement to announce to everybody I actually think the list is the better media.
In the end you shift the mail from the dev folder to the gerrit folder. Which one are you less likely to ignore?
--
Alex