Governance: Use lazy consensus when needed to make decision
In lack of supermajority, we sometimes required to hold on to
important decisions for long time. In order to speed up, after
giving enough time for supermajority, use lazy consensus.
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ below.
Contributors who are interested in becoming a maintainer, if performing these
responsibilities, should discuss their interest with the existing maintainers. New
maintainers must be nominated by an existing maintainer and must be elected by a
-supermajority of maintainers. Likewise, maintainers can be removed by a supermajority
-of the maintainers and moved to emeritus status.
+supermajority of maintainers with a fallback on lazy consensus after three business weeks
+inactive voting period and as long as two maintainers are on board. Maintainers can be
+removed by a supermajority of the maintainers and moved to emeritus status.
Life priorities, interests, and passions can change. If a maintainer needs to step
down, inform other maintainers about this intention, and if possible, help find someone
@@ -57,8 +58,10 @@ file.
reviewing the code contribution from other contributors. Their LGTM counts towards
merging a code change into the project. A reviewer is generally on the ladder towards
maintainership. New reviewers must be nominated by an existing maintainer and must be
-elected by a supermajority of maintainers. Likewise, reviewers can be removed by a
-supermajority of the maintainers or can resign by notifying the maintainers.
+elected by a supermajority of maintainers with a fallback on lazy consensus after three
+business weeks inactive voting period and as long as two maintainers are on board.
+Reviewers can be removed by a supermajority of the maintainers or can resign by notifying
+the maintainers.
## Decision making process
@@ -73,7 +76,8 @@ worked out between the persons involved. However, any technical dispute that has
reached an impasse with a subset of the community, any contributor may open a GitHub
issue or PR or send an email to `etcd-maintainers@googlegroups.com`. If the
maintainers themselves cannot decide an issue, the issue will be resolved by a
-supermajority of the maintainers.
+supermajority of the maintainers with a fallback on lazy consensus after three business
+weeks inactive voting period and as long as two maintainers are on board.
## Changes in Governance
