Post #4233553
2026-07-30 08:23 UTC
@slightlyoff@toot.cafe And I'm not saying this process is perfect, as sometimes I wonder if having multiple stages would be a good idea. But too many layers does mean achieving anything becomes too bothersome and stalled ad infinitum (a problem that we have when disagreements happen for minor issues and then you need to invest way too much time into a process not designed for these sort of things...)
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@slightlyoff@toot.cafe 2026-07-30 08:53
@Girgias@phpc.social We introduced the Stages process after the lurching, exhausting experience of ES6, which only got over the line because some of us pushed *very* hard to finally bloody ship. At that point there was appetite in the room to entertain better processes, and Stages were a solution we (the Web Platform side of the Chrome team, not the V8 side) introduced. Things have gone roughly as I predicted it would, owing to explosion of veto players: some small stuff, very little big stuff, all overdue