Lamar Owen wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2002 10:23, Tom Lane wrote: > > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > To the rest of the hackers, is it normal practice to perhaps vote in a > > > new member of the steering committee? > > > > Uh ... it's never happened before ... so there is no "normal practice". > > IMHO, replacement of a core member should be treated the same as bringing in a > new core member, which, IIRC, is by invitation and vote of the balance of the > core members. > > If a replacement is immediately necessary, that is. Having five core versus > six core isn't a great handicap, as the potential replacement pool consists > of people who are already doing development now. Having an odd number of > core has its advantages.
I will reiterate for the new folks that the core group doesn't do much more than decide if the final release will be on a Friday or a Monday, and deal with private issues like discipline. I think we deal with such issues perhaps 2-4 times a year. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
