Martin Pitt writes: > As this is is a highly political, divisive, and personal topic, not a > technical > one, I'd really hope that this would be a secret vote, much like the Debian > leader voting? > > You bring up a good point here. If this is going to be an open vote, then this > is senseless political power play, and will only kindle the fire.
As far as I understand, Debian has secret votes *only* for leadership elections: +--- | Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes, tallies, and results | are not revealed during the voting period; after the vote the Project | Secretary lists all the votes cast. +---[ https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution, 4.2 Procedure ] and +--- | The next two weeks are the polling period during which Developers may | cast their votes. Votes in leadership elections are kept secret, even | after the election is finished. +---[ https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution, 5.2 Appointment ] Ansgar
