On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, MJ Ray wrote: > > [...] By officializing, I only mean : > > - let the DD know that they have the possibility to use "polls" [...] > > - be able to use d-d-a for those polls > > As a DD, jvw could already use d-d-a for those polls. Maybe the > first poll there could ask where they should appear and how often?
Yes, that's an idea. > I think ignored minorities are just as entitled to them as > ignored majorities. Number of believers doesn't help justify > a view's correctness, else no-one would use debian (as we are > still a minority in the GNU/Linux world AFAIK)... That's right, but this problem wouldn't get worse because we have introduced polls. I just view that as an other problem that currently doesn't have a solution. I can only hope that the minority would kindly ask the delegate for the explanation that they're looking for. > > I imagine we need a kind of "poll secretary". [...] > > Then I can see how your hopes could happen, if they have enough > power. Secretarying for contentious issues seems a hard task. Sure, but it's in line with your recent propositions to handle conflicts on mailing lists, isn't it ? It looks like worth a try. Maybe the forthcoming DPL will delegate some of its power to try this a few months (even if we don't really need a delegation to try this, this may avoid some troubles). > I think your early examples of using polls that could allow > a majority to gang up in a personal attack on one developer > shouldn't be allowed and I hope any secretary would disallow it. Agreed. If we have poll, they should be about potential solutions for some problems and not about pointing out a problem. > > It's possible, but I find lightweight GRs quite useful. There are many > > questions that ought to find answers, but that just don't because > > running a GR is overkill (taking too long - almost 1 month min, too > > much formalism). > > Have you considered making a "lightweight SRP" that's only usable for > policy statements and summaries of personal technical choices? What would be the difference with the polls ? > (Can you shorten your line length so it doesn't wrap, please?) Huh ? I have textwidth=74 in vim ... Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
