Re: Coming up with a new Oracle (was: Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR)
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > How do you define "relevant"? The vote is run because someome proposed a
> > GR and X others have seconded it. They are relevant, it happened due to
> > them. Now as a voter I want to know their motivation and would like to
> > have a link to mail where they explain it.
> Would you rather have one explanation by the proponent or thirty
> explanations by the 3Q seconders ? I don't understand why you seem to
> want the latter.
It's not "or", it's "and". I want the explanation of the proponent and the
point of view of seconders. They might second not because they agree but
because they want to see the option on the ballot. Or they might prefer
something else but be satisfied with this as a compromise.
> Well, I would like a smaller number of statements on the ballot
> itself. One per option plus a small number from notable `statutory'
Except I don't understand why the statutory people you listed are more
important than others (except maybe the DPL).
> > > Why did I list the Leader, named or overruled Delegates, the TC, and
> > > the Trusted organisations ? Because it might be that their decisions
> > > are being overruled or preempted. That means that they must have a
> > > right to be heard, alongside their `accusers' as it were.
> > It might be that a GR is about my job of administering alioth.d.o. Why am
> > I not listed ? :-)
> Are you not a Delegate in the relevant sense ? If the DPL decided
> that someone else should run Alioth, presumably you would have to go
> along with that decision.
We're not speaking of a decision of the leader, but of a case of GR.
Suppose someone want to override the decision that I took of refusing
to grant an Alioth project and managed to start a GR.
It seems to me that I'm in the situation that you described: "it might be
that their decisions are being overruled or preempted"
> Perhaps it would be best for us each to try to write up our own
> proposal and see which gets support from other developers.
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