On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:24:39PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Chris Lawrence wrote: > > I also believe the technical committee is an inappropriate organ to be > > making such a pronouncement, particularly since this is an inherently > > non-technical matter. Then again, since the tech committee best > > reflects the concept embodied in our constitution that us mere > > developers shouldn't be trusted to run the project in any way, shape, > > or manner, I'm hardly surprised. > > Well, as I understand it, the ctte comes into play when the developer populace > can't reach a decision. It appears that Ian is trying to shunt this task away > from the ctte, and make everyone else do their(his) job for him. > > No document can ever hope to fix or guide every person. We are humans, > different, and therefore can't be constrained by this type of document under > discussion. This is why the ctte was designed. To handle these types of > occurances. > > So, I guess what I am saying, is that this document, while good in idea, is > already taken care of, by the ctte itself. We don't need this document. It's > all really just common sense, anyways.
These suggestions are useful, but it really doesn't need to be it's own document. I think there is a place for these suggestions somewhere in the Developers' Reference. Perhaps we should create a chapter "Disputes between Developers". > > My recommendation: either find a consensus that this is needed, or > > propose it as a general resolution. For now, I personally don't see > > the problem as severe enough to justify such a document, and nothing > > in this discussion has convinced me in the least to change this view. > > A GR is not something that should be used when other avenues are closed. It > should be used *sparingly*. I've seen way to much inclination to play the GR > card, and this saddens me as to the internal downward spirals it implies. A GR can't really be used to force people to change the way the behave toward others. These are _guidelines_ and _suggestions_. If this document were taken to a GR, and even if it succeeded, those who didn't like it will simply ignore it. -- Duncan Findlay
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