Thank you for all your input on these topics. Please allow the topic to die off and reconsider if more discussion will add value.
Efraim, on behalf of the maintainers. On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 10:04:25AM -0700, Ian Eure wrote: > Hi pinoaffe, > > pinoaffe <[email protected]> writes: > > > This might be a shortcoming in the GCD process (heck, maybe > > "near-consensus" might be good enough), but if so, that should be > > addressed by a GCD updating GCD 001, rather than arbitrarily dismissing > > Gabriel's disapproval. > > I think it’s very obvious that the GCD process is not working as well > as we hoped. Multiple GCDs this year have gone exceedingly poorly, > and there are some commonalities between the ways they have. > > I had doubts about the one-veto rule when GCD001 passed, and I think > it’s clear now that it’s too high a bar. Consensus does not mean > unanimity[1][2][3], it means "general agreement" or "widespread > agreement." To the credit of everyone involved in the discussions, I > think we readily cleared that bar. We didn’t fail the process, the > process failed us; thus, the process should change. And while I think > gabber’s process objections are inapt justification to disapprove > GCD008, many points are real issues that must be grappled with for the > GCD process to succeed at all. > > I would support: > > - Changing the voting mechanism to accept a GCD if it gets a > supermajority of a simple yea/nea vote. > - Finding ways to better organize the discussion period. > - Potentially, using a secret ballot. > > -- Ian > > [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus > [2]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus#English > [3]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consensus > If this is something you would like to discuss then I suggest starting a new thread and make sure to keep it on topic. -- Efraim Flashner <[email protected]> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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