It looks like we are stepping up the beurocracy here again (as a group). I dream of that simpler time prior to August last year...
-ph --- Leo Sutic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicola, > > regarding this I'm a bit all-or-nothing. Either we come up with > a method where every vote can be tracked, or we skip it > altogether. The benefits outlined by Greg are reduced greatly > if we only keep a partial record - especially if we only keep > track of the votes where we could be bothered to update the > STATUS file. > > I think you'll have very few votes in the STATUS file, and that > that will be because there is a threshold to use it. This is > why I'm -0 on it -- I'm personally convinced that it won't be > used. > > > From: Nicola Ken Barozzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > These [Bugzilla, Wiki] don't have authentication, while CVS does. > > Maybe even more important, Wiki is clumsy at notifying changes, > > while Bugzilla is clumsy to use for votes, since votes must be done > > too also on the mailing list. > > Depends on what you mean by authentication - if your require the SSH > level of authentication, then yes. But if Bugzilla's simple login/ > password combination is enough, then Bugzilla has authentication > as well. > > For Bugzilla, I didn't mean that votes should be held there. > > I mean that when I start a [VOTE] thread on avalon-dev, I create > a corresponding [VOTE] bug in Bugzilla. Then, I can summarize the > progress of the vote and the vote itself in the bug comments. > > For example: > > Bug #0: [VOTE] A or B? > > Long Description: > PROPOSAL > > I hereby propose that B should be used in preference to A, whenever > possible. This means that Avalon from now on should be written > Bvblon. Theoretically we could rename to Bbbylon, but that is out of > scope for this proposal. > > > Comment: > Vote counts after one day: > > +1 leosutic, ... > +0 > -0 > -1 ... > > > Comment: > Vote counts after two days: > > +1 leosutic [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > +0 > -0 > -1 x [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > y [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > > ... > > Comment: > Vote result: > > The proposal does *not* pass. > > +1 leosutic [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > +0 > -0 > -1 x [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > y [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > z [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > u [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > v [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > w [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/...] > ... > > (Marking bug as CLOSED.) > > /LS > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
