On 2/16/2012 7:22 PM, Matthew Brett wrote: > This has not been an encouraging episode in striving for consensus.
I disagree. Failure to reach consensus does not imply lack of striving. I see parallels with a recent hiring decision process I observed. There were fundamentally different views of how to rank the top candidates. Because those involved value consensus, these views were extensively aired and discussed. *That* is where the commitment to consensus showed. It proved not possible to reach a consensus on the candidate choice, so the decision of the search committee carried the day. (Even there, there was not consensus.) In the end, there is work to be done, and getting the work done is something *everyone* agrees trumps other disagreements. Striving for consensus does not mean that a minority automatically gets veto rights. Cheers, Alan _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
