On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 11:32:06AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 09:17:59AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > Le mercredi, 4 septembre 2019, 23.53:06 h CEST Bill Allombert a écrit : > > > On Wed, Sep 04, 2019 at 11:04:57PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > > > * Most decisions are not just technical decisions, in many/most > > > > > cases > > > > > > > > > > the decisions have answers that are all correct, but it just > > > > > depends > > > > > on the weight of specific trade-offs. How those are weighted > > > > > depends > > > > > heavily on each individual. This also seems rather unfair, as it's > > > > > taking the natural and expected biases of a small set of people in > > > > > the project and forcing them into the entire project. > > > > > > > > Honestly, if the answers are all correct and we've been going around in > > > > circles since like forever, then having a small team decide that one of > > > > these correct answers is now the preferred one and we're going with it > > > > (after listening to all the arguments) hardly seems unfair to me. > > > > > > But then it become a steering committee and not a technical commitee. > > > > Actually, it seems that the Technical Committee has kinda always been doing > > both of these things: arbitration, and steering. > > The way the TC members are selected is not compatible with taking the role > of a steering committee (which need to be properly elected rather than > self-selected).
If we're going to change the rules about what the TC does -- or create a whole new committee -- it makes sense to change this part of it, too. So while I agree with you that this is a concern, it doesn't have to be a fatal problem. > (To avoid misunderstanding, I am not in favor of Debian getting a > steering committee. The steering should come from the DPL, who is > elected) I agree that whoever does "steering" needs to be elected. However, I am not convinced that one elected representative is good enough for that; both for long-term stability (DPLs change up to once a year, which is hardly enough for a long-term vision) as well as for allowing multiple viewpoints (the DPL is just one person with his or her own biases; no matter how well the DPL represents the viewpoints of the project at large, it is always better to have multiple people in a position with this kind of power). So I think that Debian could have some limited benefit from a steering group, but I do agree that it needs to be an elected group, not an appointed one. -- To the thief who stole my anti-depressants: I hope you're happy -- seen somewhere on the Internet on a photo of a billboard
