On 21 Apr 2006, Panu Kalliokoski uttered the following:
> My main point is: we would do well to follow the same principle of
> openness everywhere that we do on our mailing lists and BTS. I
> don't think it would hurt Debian. Voting is also a way to make
> contribution, and a much less dangerous one than the ability to send
> mail to a broad-audience mailing list.
This is where we differ. A mail sent is just that -- an
email. Even a package upload can be reverted or superseded, and while
it can be a serious issue, it is reversible. Getting a say in how
the project behaves in the future, or how the foundation documents
are modified -- there lies the core of the project, and anyone who
gets to have a say in it must have demonstrated something more than
mere contribution of free software: commitment, demonstrated
responsibility, and trustworthiness.
In my opinion, voting requires far more responsibility and
judgement than maintaining a bunch of packages.
manoj
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