> The way voting works now, I happen to know which option is "winning". I > happened to know that *before* I cast my vote. The current results are > posted on the RFC, and the same information percolated into emails > encouraging folks to vote. I wonder, though, if knowing which was "leading" > and who chose which "side" affected my vote....
(This is hardly an internals topic, and I'm hesitant to reply on this list, but…) FWIW, I think it's valuable to see what other people have voted. For example, if I'm looking over an RFC and see that my opinion is in opposition to someone else I respect in the community, it may cause me to reconsider. (e.g. if I noticed that I'd voted against Sara's vote, it would make me wonder what I missed). S
