> I don't think a poll should be necessary at all, in future. Say what? No! It's about the theme, something that should be considered by everyone (that is, if they choose to do so), not about how to compile gcc or whatnot -- this is not a technical decision. I am rather disappointed you have such a stance. :(
On 11 November 2010 09:03, Jon Dowland <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:48:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > There was the possibility of mentioning the poll in DPN, but it was noted > > that the deadline already passed. It was suggested that the poll was > quite > > short. It was suggested a more widely advertised and longer running > > selectricity poll might have been a good idea. It was noted that the > email > > poll was simply an internal decision making tool. Someone thought that > it > > was kinda weird to have the poll only limited to this list. > > I'd agree that the poll period was way too short. > > I don't think a poll should be necessary at all, in future. I think it > should > be a collective decision of the relevant maintainers. We don't micro-poll > for > every other packaging decision, and that's effectively what this is. If a > maintainer makes a genuinely contentious decision, we have routines in > place > to deal with that. > > > -- > Jon Dowland > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
