Antoon Pardon wrote: >>> That's a good point, and also a valid reason for restricting the >>> voting community to PSF members. Thanks, Alex. >> So in order to avoid a suspicion of a conflict of interest you want to >> turn the whole thing into private property of the PSF? >> >> That is the most ridiculous suggestion I have ever > > I kind of understand why they would want to do this. If you have > no limitations on who may vote, such a contest can easily turn > into a contest of who can mobilize the biggest clan of supporters.
Sure, any democratic process can be derailed by a coordinated effort of people with a different mentality. To prevent such things by killing the democratic process oneself right at the beginning of a project is a peculiar way of avoiding this risk. > Now maybe there are better ways to avoid this kind of unwanted > effect but I wouldn't call Steve's suggestion ridiculous. It's about as ridiculous as proving that a stiff parrot is dead by grabbing it by the legs and repeatedly hitting it's head on the counter. A. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
