Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2-rfc] [RFC] code-first process for UEFI-forum specifications

["Samer El-Haj-Mahmoud" <samer.el-haj-mahmoud@arm.com>]

Has there been any progress on this "code-first process" proposal? Any timeline on when we should expect it to be launched?

Thanks,
--Samer


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From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Felix Polyudov via Groups.Io
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2020 10:30 AM
To: rfc@edk2.groups.io; 'leif@nuviainc.com' <leif@nuviainc.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io
Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [edk2-rfc] [RFC] code-first process for UEFI-forum specifications

Leif,

>The process does not in fact change the UEFI bylaws - the change is
>that the development (of both specification and code) happens in the
>open. The resulting specification update is then submitted to the
>appropriate working goup as an Engineering Change Request (ECR), and
>voted on. For the UEFI Forum, this is a change in workflow, not a change in process.

I think it would be good to add more details regarding the interaction between edk2 and UEFI forum.
Here is what I suggest:
Each specification update Bugzilla ticket must have a sponsor. A sponsor is a person or a company that will be presenting change request to the UEFI forum.
A sponsor has to be identified early in the process. Preferably along with Buzilla ticket creation.
It is sponsor's responsibility to officially submit ECR to the UEFI forum by creating a mantis ticket with a Bugzilla link.
There are two reasons to create mantis ticket early in the process:
 - Creation of the ticket exposes the effort to the UEFI forum thus enabling early feedback from the members(via Bugzilla), which may reduce number of iterations in the
    implement --> get feedback --> re-implement cycle.
- edk2 effort will be taken into consideration while scheduling future specification releases


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