Hi! > There also seems to be confusion here as to what exactly the change > was, and people arguing one way or the other without actually > understanding it.
I think we understand pretty well what the change was - the change was that individual votes can no longer be seen while the vote is in progress. Is this understanding incorrect? > This also seems very true for people that vote in general, which made > the patch look like a really good idea: These are all very logical arguments, and even though I disagree with them I see where they are coming from. My main objection, though, is that these arguments should have been brought forward *before* the patch was merged, not post factum. We all agreed that that's the right way to do things, let's abide by it. > - The author of the RFC can no longer bribe and "convince" individual > person to change his/hers vote > - Your vote is more meaningful now, as it could actually be the winning vote > - First 5 votes one way? No point in voting the other way (or at all) > - Last minute twitter "lets all vote yes/no to change the vote around" > doesn't work > - The "I just wanna be in the winning/loosing team" is difficult While I see the point here, I think you are not giving enough credit to people in the community. I've seen a number of votes, and people have absolutely no problem dissenting or casting their vote against the prevailing opinion, as far as I could see. But if somebody does feel intimidated let's hear it and see how many people actually have this issue, maybe my impression is wrong. > The voting RFC says nothing about the individual vote needing to > actually be public even after the results are in. This is true, however we have always had open votes, so this is the status quo. Which means changing it needs agreement, and not the silent "facts on the ground" kind of one since it is obviously not unanimously accepted right now. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ (408)454-6900 ext. 227 -- PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
