Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:11:25 -0700
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To: Magnus B{ckstr|m <b@etek.chalmers.se>
Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object
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At 10:56 AM 2/4/2003, Magnus B{ckstr|m wrote:
>I would consider a more open governance to be harmful.
Most (if not all) failures in governance are created or
sustained by secrecy.
>"Those most involved" need to be developers; they are the only ones
>investing anything in the project
Nonsense. System administrators, documentors, and users engaged
in advocacy also have large investments and must be represented.
The limitation of voting to those with "commit bits" creates an
extreme bias toward those with their heads down and/or those
with egos heavily invested in their code; it also increases the
likelihood that "real world" factors will not be considered.
It is one of the reasons why FreeBSD receives so little press
and so little corporate support relative to Linux. Advocacy,
a crucial part of any such project, is not valued.
--Brett Glass
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