On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 07:27:21PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > *Siiiiiiiiiiigh*, this is a decision that has project-wide implications > by setting the project's direction, and even if the consititution grants > the tech-ctte this power it's precisely here where a GR would be the most > fair option, because lots of people might need to end up having to do or > stop doing work due to this. Also even if a majority of the project would > disagree with any such decision, subsequently overruling the tech-ctte by > way of a GR requires more than a simple majority. You know, GRs do not > eat babies or something. > > If I had wanted to be told top-down, by a small committee how to spend > my *volunteer* time in a project I'd have joined a corporate-backed one > instead… > > Very much not amused… Good, because I wasn't joking. > I'm happy to sponsor a GR to decide this, though. That's your right as a Developer. I do, however, think that this is grounds for the tech-cttie to discuss and rule on, given the technical background for the decision, and if that turns into a GR, we'll at least have well-formed and discussed points, rather then the nonsense we have in these threads. Cheers, Paul -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org> : :' : Proud Debian Developer `. `'` 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag
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