You probably all noticed my mistake: I meant to say 'quorum', not 'quota'. Matthias
> -----Original Message----- > From: openssl-project <openssl-project-boun...@openssl.org> On Behalf Of Dr. > Matthias St. Pierre > Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 9:26 PM > To: Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be>; Dr Paul Dale <pa...@openssl.org> > Cc: openssl-project@openssl.org > Subject: OTC quick votes [WAS: RE: OTC vote PR #16171: config_diagnostic] > > > I'm starting to vote -1 on anything has a vote text that looks like that, > > so -1. > > I perfectly understand Kurt's dislike of this kind of votes. The text is not > very informative for OTC members who > weren't able to participate at the weekly video meetings. > > IMHO it proves that the current voting mechanism does not scale well with the > number of decisions that have to be made. > The rate of those decision has increased heavily during the final phase of > the 3.0 development and the weekly video meetings > were an attempt to improve agility and get those decisions made. On the other > side, the voting scheme has remained unchanged, > mailing '+-1' replies to the mailing list within a certain time interval and > recording them arduously in a GitHub repository. > > Maybe we need to overthink the online voting rules and optimize them > slightly. For example, we could require an online > quota in which case the online votes can be held immediately, but they would > need to be documented properly with > a meaningful subject line and ideally also a rationale. We could switch to > publishing meeting protocols which document all > online votes properly, including the rationale. Maybe those online votes > could be excluded from the official participation count > mentioned in the bylaws as indicator for OTC activity. > > These are just some wild thoughts for the moment. I doubt we will have time > to discuss it in detail before the final 3.0 release. > But maybe it would be a good subject for the next OTC face-to-face meeting. > > Matthias > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: otc <otc-boun...@openssl.org> On Behalf Of Kurt Roeckx > > Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 6:36 PM > > To: Dr Paul Dale <pa...@openssl.org> > > Cc: o...@openssl.org > > Subject: Re: OTC vote PR #16171: config_diagnostic > > > > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 07:03:14PM +1000, Dr Paul Dale wrote: > > > topic: Accept PR 16171 in 3.0 subject to our normal review process. > > > > I'm starting to vote -1 on anything has a vote text that looks > > like that, so -1. > > > > This is also send to the wrong list. > > > > > > Kurt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > otc mailing list > > o...@openssl.org > > https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/otc
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