Hi Michael, On 15 March 2015 at 14:29, Michael Wallner <m...@php.net> wrote: > > Jeez, that is becoming ridiculous. So, if you’re that good in counting, how > many did not vote before STHv0.3? > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
I don't think it's ridiculous in a separate thread around discussing voting practices. Anthony specifically notes that he is not calling them bad, or calling for them to be ignored in the context of the current RFCs. Merely noting that their existence has skewed this particular vote, as a recent ongoing example, which it has. I have to make an admission here, I cast a vote. I'm not on Anthony's list because I have used it previously a couple of times. I'm honestly a bit hesitant to believe I should have it, so I've deliberately moderated my voting. However, watching those with no prior voting history/or minimal history vote No compelled me to use it if only to offset one more arguably irregular vote by casting an opposing arguably irregular vote. Should people like me have a vote? I got it by contributing some code to PEAR long ago before I moved onto Zend Framework stuff, Mockery, and other things. I consider it a relatively small contribution, and the list makes clear many would prefer I didn't have a vote on that basis. I don't necessarily disagree with that sentiment, but we're stuck with the situation where contentious votes bring up the "who deserves the right to vote" debate from both sides (Anthony is hardly going solo in airing it here). The entire idea that such arguably irregular votes are spoiling RFC votes, i.e. not reflective of what the majority would consider votes by those who truly earned it, has been brought up by both sides to RFCs inside and outside of this list. Paddy -- Pádraic Brady http://blog.astrumfutura.com http://www.survivethedeepend.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
