On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:20:04AM -0400, David L. Craig wrote: > On 14Sep16:1203+0100, Martin Read wrote: > > > Debian users, on the other hand, are very much *not* a strongly-identifiable > > group; there is no formal mechanism whatsoever for being endorsed as an > > Official Debian User. As such, a vote "by the users" can, *at best*, be a > > vaguely indicative straw poll of those bona fide users who feel strongly > > enough about matters to participate in the first place; at worst, it will be > > a magnet for trolls, astroturfers, shills, and other such reprobates. > > The obvious question this leads to is, "Would some registration > facility to enable non-developing users to support/inform > decision-making by the DDs add meaningful value to Debian?" > I'm thinking popularity-contest on steriods, a means for DDs > to ask the users what they think, and maybe why, in a one-person, > one-confirmed vote approach.
That would be a complete waste of time. Either front up and do it yourself or submit a wishlist bug for a feature. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140916155558.GA2548@tal