On 10 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns outgrape: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:34:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On 8 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns stated: >>> Personally, I hope and trust that the developer body are >>> honourable enough to note vote for a proposal they think >>> contradicts the social contract or DFSG; and I don't see much >>> point to all the implications that we're not that honourable and >>> need to have the secretary's adult supervision. I don't see much >>> point to all the grumbling about the secretary's supervision >>> either though -- if we're acting like adult's anyway, that's >>> hardly a problem, is it? >> I find it strange you couch this in terms of honour and >> supervision. I do not understand how this can be; and I certainly >> do not hold this view, since I do not even understand it. >> >> I view this a ballot correctness issue. The ballot should be >> one that does not lead to contradictory situations,or else, in my >> opinion, the ballot is buggy. > > That view, namely "other people may propose ballots that aren't good > enough, and it's my job to stop that", is precisely a supervisory > one.
If you think that ensuring the end product is correct is a supervisory rol, then I must change the org chart to put the QA group in my company higher up than they are. Yes, it is a gating mechanism. The secretary is the final arbiter. If you think that is a supervisory role, I guess I think I consider it differently. > Personally, I'd rather the secretarial role be as automatic as > possible, even to the point where votes would be run without any > human intervention. I've thought about that before, but I don't > have the inclination to write any code for it. Change the constitution to propose the secretary be replaced by a bot. Me, I have automated a lot of voting procedure using devotee, and work on it when I have time. manoj -- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]