On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:22:07 -0500 Grant Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Ciaran McCreesh wrote: [Mon Oct 10 2005, 04:43:19PM CDT] | > Isn't the idea that someone writes out a draft GLEP and gets it | > discussed on -dev (and repeats said process until everyone is happy | > with the GLEP) *before* pushing things to the council? | | I disagree, but only very slightly. I never expected everybody to be | happy before a GLEP is voted upon, but a GLEP should address areas of | controversy and either incorporate the new ideas or explain why the | authors do not wish to do so. In this way the folks voting on the | GLEP are able to make a more informed decision. See GLEP 40 for an | example.
I see the number of objections raised regarding GLEP 40 as a sign that it needs rewriting, not a sign that it should be pushed to voting... Perhaps making everyone happy is impossible, but equally there shouldn't be huge amounts of unhappiness... -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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