I tend to agree with Valentin. This is a change that will affect the whole project, and one of the cases where voting makes sense in my view.
D. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Valentin Kulichenko < [email protected]> wrote: > Actually this silence is my main concern here :) > > We're going the change the process. And everyone in the community has to > move to the new process at the same time. I have nothing against consensus > concept, but IMHO there should be some formal indicator. Such a vote (if we > do not apply majority rules to it) can be one of them - when the vote is > closed, decision is made. Are there other options? > > -Val > On Jun 11, 2015 12:03 AM, "Branko Čibej" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11.06.2015 01:47, Valentin Kulichenko wrote: > > > Hmm. I'm not sure I understand. As far as I understand, any vote here > > > is unanimous, but not majority. I.e., if anyone in community has > > > objections, vote is declined (already not a democracy, right? :) ). If > > so, > > > I really don't see any difference between "consensus is recorded by no > > > objections > > > being raised" and "consensus is recorded by the vote being passed". > > > > See again re "silent consensus". It's an informal process. Voting is > > formal and by definition implies that the majority rules. Consensus > > implies something else entirely. A -1 vote can be overridden by others. > > An objection during silent consensus process cannot. > > > > -- Brane > > > > >
