Hi Andreas, Le dimanche 20 janvier 2013 à 16:20 +0100, Andreas K. Huettel a écrit : > So, a thread like "Should we enable useflag Z by default" would then include > "Please discuss here, vote on ..." with a link to the count page (updated via > cron every 1h). On login to ..., a message similar to the "open elections > message" could be displayed. > > Obviously the implementation does not exist, but this is conceptually simple > enough so it could be implemented within reasonable time.
We (devs) participate in Gentoo in various ways and for very different reasons. And those ways and reasons may change over time. I, for one, no longer consider myself sufficiently informed about new PM/EAPI features, various profile changes, etc. Though I'll gladly update the few packages I maintain to whatever standard is expected, I'll leave the discussion(/trolling?) to other better-informed folks as I often have nothing of value to contribute in those areas. In fact, I believe this to be exactly the Council's role and we already have the necessary tools for that, including a yearly election. Council members already represent Gentoo devs when tougher decisions need to be made. So while I commend you for trying to collect everyone's opinion, I believe it should *not* be necessary for you (or anyone else) to organize elections or polls in order to implement new features or changes to Gentoo. Cheers, Rémi
