On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 03:22:44PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > (3) Advisory opinions from the chair > > > So I propose we establish that our procedure in addressing issues is > > > for the chair to quickly issue an initial opinion; and to only vote on > > > issues when an official ruling is needed (eg, to overrule a maintainer) > > > or when members of the tech ctte disagree. > > Is there a fixed period in which tech ctte members should be expected to > > comment if they disagree? > Presumably we can expect any additional comments from other members > within a few days or a week; but you'd need to ask for a vote before it > should be taken as absolutely definitive, I'd think. So to what extent will such a provisional statement from the chair meet the needs of someone who would be seeking tech-ctte guidance, then? It seems to me that a vote will almost invariably be needed to satisfy the petitioner; otherwise, why take the issue to the tech-ctte at all instead of just soliciting opinions on -devel or some other list? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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