By the way, should the vote be public or secret?
For such an important (and sensitive) matter, perhaps it would be wise
for it to be secret.
Regards
Antoine.
Le 19/07/2018 à 00:18, Łukasz Langa a écrit :
>
>> On Jul 18, 2018, at 4:56 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote:
>>
>> While I am totally fine with a super-majority of votes for something to be
>> accepted, I don't think the minimum participation requirement will work. If
>> people simply choose not to vote then they choose not to (we have no way to
>> really compel people to vote).
>
> It could be easily added to the list of things expected from a core
> contributor. It's not like this is a laborious chore, neither is it happening
> often. There are countries where voting is mandatory.
>
> Taking a step back, there are two reasons I stress the importance of (almost)
> everybody voicing their support:
> - this makes the decision authoritative ("the committers have spoken");
> - this ensures that we haven't omitted somebody due to poor timing ("I was on
> a sabbatical and couldn't vote").
>
> If you feel like this is unrealistic because most of our committers aren't
> currently active, I hear you. But what I like even less is claiming that "we,
> the core team" made a decision when, say, just 35% of us voted. In such case
> it would be easier for those of us who disagree to claim the decision doesn't
> really represent the views of the greater core team.
>
> - Ł
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