Anton Vredegoor wrote: > Antoon Pardon wrote: > >>>> That's a good point, and also a valid reason for restricting the >>>> voting community to PSF members. Thanks, Alex. >>> So in order to avoid a suspicion of a conflict of interest you want to >>> turn the whole thing into private property of the PSF? >>> >>> That is the most ridiculous suggestion I have ever >> I kind of understand why they would want to do this. If you have >> no limitations on who may vote, such a contest can easily turn >> into a contest of who can mobilize the biggest clan of supporters. > > Sure, any democratic process can be derailed by a coordinated effort of > people with a different mentality. To prevent such things by killing the > democratic process oneself right at the beginning of a project is a > peculiar way of avoiding this risk. > I'm sorry, but while the PSF is a democratically-run organization its franchise doesn't extend beyond the membership.
You might as well suggest that America isn't being democratic because it doesn't allow the French to vote for its president. >> Now maybe there are better ways to avoid this kind of unwanted >> effect but I wouldn't call Steve's suggestion ridiculous. > > It's about as ridiculous as proving that a stiff parrot is dead by > grabbing it by the legs and repeatedly hitting it's head on the counter. > So you are now saying my behavior is completely appropriate? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Recent Ramblings http://holdenweb.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
