> without ever deciding. The advantage of a referendum is that once > a decision is made you get peer pressure for free. Not PMC > pressure, not chairman pressure but peer pressure!
I can finally agree with Ceki without restrictions. Peer pressure is the way... if the peers agree with this process. Have fun, Paulo Gaspar > -----Original Message----- > From: Ceki G�lc� [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:54 PM > > > At 10:33 07.01.2002 -0800, Jon Scott Stevens wrote: > >on 1/7/02 10:29 AM, "Jim Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> IMHO, until the documentation is made part of the formal > committing process, > >> the jakarta tools will only be valuable to the people who > developed them. > >> > >> I know that I am opening myself up to a serious flame, but > that is the way I > >> see it. > >> > >> Jim Scott > > > >No flame. That is a really good suggestion and one of the better $0.00 I > >have heard in a long time... > > > >The bigger issue would then to be to have Sam (the current PMC chair and > >person with the potential for authority) to take authority and > mandate such > >an action over Jakarta. > > > Excellent topic. Much more neutral than code conventions. > > Who is going to judge the quality of documentation and enforce such a > rule if it is ever enunciated? > > Let us instate a system based on referendum, where the shareholders > can directly intervene in making laws. By "shareholders", I mean > developers with commit rights. > > To avoid voting on trivialities, a referendum would require the > support of at least five committers to acquire the "valid" > status. After a possible but short delay, a valid referendum is > submitted to shareholder vote. The result of the vote determines > whether the referendum is accepted or rejected. An accepted referendum > becomes law of Jakarta. > > This procedure is undeniably heavy. However, so is debating issues > without ever deciding. The advantage of a referendum is that once > a decision is made you get peer pressure for free. Not PMC > pressure, not chairman pressure but peer pressure! > > Too heavy handed? OK, what is the alternative? > > > -- > Ceki G�lc� - http://qos.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
