On 25.03.21 23:06, Julien Pivotto wrote:
> Hereby I am calling a vote to allow the expansion on environment
> variables in the prometheus configuration file.
> Because it can be seen as an override of a previous vote[1], I am calling a
> new vote for this specific part.
>
> The consensus in the dev summit is:
>
> We will allow substitution of ENV variables into label values in the
> external_label configuration block only, behind an experimental feature
> flag.
YES
And thanks, Julien, for catching this. We should not forget that the
discussions and consensus finding at the dev-summit, as useful as they
are, are informal decisions and in no way comparable to a formal vote.
Which is the perfect opportunity to apologize for my needlessly
aggressive reaction after Richi emphasized the weight of a dev-summit
consensus. What triggered me was the memory of multiple occasions
where I made an effort to bring novel and nuanced technical arguments
to the table, only to get shot down by “That is not what we decided at
the dev summit.” Which is especially painful if it was “decided” at a
dev summit where I wasn't even present.
Björn Rabenstein
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