On Monday, 10 February 2014, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014, at 06:40 AM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Stephen Connolly > > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > 72h for a vote is not a hard and fast rule (you just need a good > reason for > > > why you are going shorter and from what I have seen, the board would > > > probably be ok as long as protections are put in place to safeguard the > > > community) > > > > By now, I think that we've demonstrated in this thread that scheduled > > votes with a small window (12-24 hours) are practical. > > Have we? > > I don't believe anyone has expressed the real justification for a 72hr > window, which is to enable the vote to be *inclusive*. That is, > inclusive of people who don't live in the same timezone, and who perhaps > don't work on the codebase full time. > > Yes, a 12hr window might make it possible for everyone to have at least > 4 waking hours in that window, but what if that is your 4hrs of taking > your kids to school, or cooking dinner for the family. Or if they > contribute in their spare time, and that 4hrs is whilst they are at > work. If the project chooses that particular 12hr window as a fixed > thing, it effectively excludes you from the vote.
But this is a *scheduled* vote... If you know that it is something you *want* to have a chance to vote on, you have sufficient time to ensure the vote is extended in order for you tiger your say. IMHO 72h is needed *when you don't know that there will be a vote*... This would be a different case... Though I ack that I had only thought this and not articulated it prior > I am in no way attempting to argue that 72hrs votes is the only way to > achieve this particular aim, but I do not consider this issue as > addressed in any way in this thread yet. So: > > If we are going to shorten release vote durations, how do we ensure > inclusivity, both of current, and potential future contributors, > irrespective of timezone, work pattern, etc? > > Upayavira > -- Sent from my phone
