[switching to -vote only, since this is about the process of voting] On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Ben Finney wrote: > This seems quite wrong. Why should one not carefully and precisely > phrase and propose an option that one does *not* agree with, in > order to get it voted on?
Because it can potentially lead to a waste of everyone's time. One of the major reasons why we require proposals and seconds is to limit the options proposed to ones that a significant proportion of Developers actually agree with and plan on voting for. That's not to say that you shouldn't offer suggestions for improvements in options that you don't agree with; you just shouldn't propose or second them. [If it's popular enough to be a useful option, the people with whom the option is popular will propose and second; it's not like it's hard to do.] Don Armstrong -- If you have the slightest bit of intellectual integrity you cannot support the government. -- anonymous http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
