From cd065210a546731a7be1aab60b2bbe1448a3b42b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Dawson Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:29:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc: provide more context on techinical values In the discussion of https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35323 it was suggested that we should add some additional context/clarification to the technical values documented for the project. Signed-off-by: Michael Dawson PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/36201 Reviewed-By: Myles Borins Reviewed-By: Rich Trott --- doc/guides/technical-values.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guides/technical-values.md b/doc/guides/technical-values.md index fd4e18a485af10..5b634b5db83280 100644 --- a/doc/guides/technical-values.md +++ b/doc/guides/technical-values.md @@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ The project uses these technical values to establish priorities and guide collaboration. +These are the shared values as of this writing and will +evolve. We hope they are useful to people new +to the project in order to better understand which contributions +will be aligned with the current direction and as thinking +points when trading off between conflicting goals. + +The factors influencing every discussion/decision are +different and priority 1 does not always trump priority 2 +and so on. + ## Values and priority level * Priority 1 - Developer experience