Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, MJ Ray wrote: > > [...] I don't see what benefit you get if > > you "officialize" the polls, rather than keep them informal. > > [...] By officializing, I only mean : > - let the DD know that they have the possibility to use "polls" [...] > - be able to use d-d-a for those polls
As a DD, jvw could already use d-d-a for those polls. Maybe the first poll there could ask where they should appear and how often? Still, I don't see the benefit of officialising polls yet. > However with polls, the delegate will notice that his decision has upset a > majority of people and will try to explain his decision in order to > reduce/limit the bad feelinsg expressed. I think ignored minorities are just as entitled to them as ignored majorities. Number of believers doesn't help justify a view's correctness, else no-one would use debian (as we are still a minority in the GNU/Linux world AFAIK)... [...] > I imagine we need a kind of "poll secretary". [...] Then I can see how your hopes could happen, if they have enough power. Secretarying for contentious issues seems a hard task. I think your early examples of using polls that could allow a majority to gang up in a personal attack on one developer shouldn't be allowed and I hope any secretary would disallow it. > > I feel that attempting to officialise the polls as a > > decision-making aid will result in something very similar to > > the constitution Standard Resolution Procedure or a reform of it. > > That's not surprising, as the polls were based on its methods. > > It's possible, but I find lightweight GRs quite useful. There are many > questions that ought to find answers, but that just don't because running > a GR is overkill (taking too long - almost 1 month min, too much formalism). Have you considered making a "lightweight SRP" that's only usable for policy statements and summaries of personal technical choices? (Can you shorten your line length so it doesn't wrap, please?) Best wishes, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
