On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 12:14:56PM +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Mattia Rizzolo <[email protected]> wrote on 04/03/2022 at 12:03:22+0100: > > > [[PGP Signed Part:Signature made by expired key 0816B9E18C762BAD Mattia > > Rizzolo <[email protected]> ]] > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:42:51AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote: > >> Reaffirm public voting > >> ====================== > >> > >> Since we can either have secret and intransparent voting, or we can have > >> open and transparent voting, the project resolves to leave our voting > >> system as it is. > >> > >> Rationale: > >> > >> The GR proposal for secret voting is silent on implenentation details, > >> probably because secret and transparent voting is, well, impossible to > >> achieve fully, so this GR is bound to a similar fate as the 'publish > >> debian-private' vote, which was voted for and then was never implemented. > >> > >> A voting system which is transparent only to some, is undemocratic and > >> will lead to few people in the know, which is diagonal to Debians goals > >> of openness and transparency. > >> > >> And then, early 2022 is not the time for rushed changes like this, which > >> is also why I explicitly want to see "keep the status quo" on the ballot, > >> and not only as "NOTA", but as a real option. > >> > >> I'm seeking sponsors for this amendment to the current GR. > > > > > > Assuming you meant this as "this ballot" instead of "this amendment" > > (following the new GR flow), I sponsor this. > > > > > > > > If I were to add my thoughts: political GRs don't belong in Debian, > > please take them elsewhere. For non-political votes there is no use > > for private voting. > > Is init systems GR a political GR? > > I'm pretty sure some gave double thoughts before voting because of the > shitstorm/flame that had happened before the vote.
Not only that, but also conflicts of interest involving an employer may have influence over a non-political vote (or the willingness to vote). This has been argued already it seems. Bests, -- Tiago
