Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:38:46 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: dg@root.com Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The recent fracas involving danes, war axes and wounded developers Message-ID: <199812280538.VAA07862@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:36:24 PST." <199812280536.VAA05896@implode.root.com>
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> >> I might mention that the policy I proposed to Jordan didn't say > >> "unanimous"...it didn't say "majority", either, but that's actually what > >> I had in mind. Mike's comment about a quorum is a good one, though, and > >> I think this needs to be a majority of core members, not a majority of > >> those who vote on the issue. Does this satisfy the concerns? > > > >You might consider somewhere between unanimous (difficult enough to > >achieve that it might cripple the idea) and a simple majority. How > >does two thirds sound? > > I thought about that, but it is difficult to get a quorum large enough > to satisfy that requirement. Most of the time only 2/3rds or less of the > core team members cast a vote. I won't offer any excuses as to why this > is the case. What would be the reaction to the suggestion that failing to vote is grounds for removal from core? Obviously there is room here for formal abstinence, justifiable failure, etc., but the principle being that if core is expected to be a working group participating in the development process, then it needs to act as such. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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