* Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> [2016-07-07 09:57:38 -0700]: > Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> writes: > > > I have no problem acknowledging that we haven't been able to implement > > the existing GR, but I don't see the utility of voting to remove the > > possibility of ever implementing it. > > I would prefer removing the possibility of ever implementing it without > another vote. We can always vote again if someone comes up with a > workable scheme. > > The possibility of declassification affects discussion, causes a lot of > people to add signatures saying to never declassify their messages, and > keeps coming up as people fret about it. This is all wasted energy and > worry given that there is no realistic prospect that the declassification > will happen. > > Your proposal is an improvement, but it still leaves a lot of uncertainty. > Since there are no plans to actually do anything about declassification, > and since there seems to be widespread agreement that the method for > declassification in the previous GR, while well-intentioned, is > unimplementable in practice, let's just remove the whole thing and require > another vote if anyone later comes up with a good idea. It simplifies > matters.
That's my line of thinking as well. Thanks, -- Nicolas Dandrimont BOFH excuse #344: Network failure - call NBC
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