>> - Who currently has decision-making responsibility for the project >> (e.g. Eric and David)?
I think that everybody trusts Eric and David. >> - What conditions must be met for a decision to pass (e.g. two-thirds >> majority)? See http://debian.org/vote/ for an example of this done by >> a (much larger) project. Beware... a benevolent dictatorship is a much more efficient process than a democracy, and, in small, close-knit groups, tends to work quite well. The Debian project is /not/ a small, close-knit group, and hence not a good point of comparison. >> - What is the process for overthrowing representatives? Example: Eric >> goes insane and decides that Darcs should be rewritten in Emacs Lisp, Now, now. Please choose TECO, SNOBOL, or C++ next time. >> (This process might just be "well, fork it".) Note that most successful changes in leadership were done by forking (X.Org, EGCS). I don't think there's such a thing as a graceful overthrow mechanism. I would personally be opposed to codyfing such a mechanism. If the leadership is overthrown, the overthrowers should be forced to change the project name. Juliusz _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
