On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:49:08AM +0200, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: >... > In truth, I made a mistake in vetoing, since I never wanted to stop > Peter, it was just a strong opinion but I wrongly threw in a -1... (ya > know, it happens that we use it in discussing, just for opinions, but > when you follow 28 lists it sometimes happens to make a mistake).
In the past, I've advocated that people avoid using -1 to mean "strong against, but not a veto." It is just too confusing. People always end up having to append "yah that's a veto" or "not a veto". Why the hell use the short numeric voting form if you just have to explain it in prose? To that end, I adovcate using something like "-0.9" to mean you're against it, but it isn't an official veto. Use -1 when you're actually vetoing. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
