Re: what needs to be policy?
Hi,
Before people rise up in arms about my proposal to bring more
sub policies under the umbrella of a wider scrutiny and
``democratic'' control, please understand that the so called viting
is not deciding technical content by popularity. There are mechanisms
to ensure that a technnical issue shall not be hijacked by a small
set of, umm, less than competent developers, if there be any such.
To quote:
3.3. Deadlock resolution
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Formerly, arriving at a consensus was the only way to amend Policy.
That worked well when the Project was small, however, we have
apparently grown out of that phase, and even the policy mailing list
has grown more fractious than in the days of yore. We now need a
formal process of deadlock resolution, and we need to recognize that
on non-technical issues a small minority should not always hold up
deployment of policy.
If a consensus is not reached, (or if someone submits a formal
objection to the proposal) and the end of the discussion period is
near, then one is faced with a dilemma.
3.3.1. Impasse on Technical Issues
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On technical issues, popularity is a bad way of arriving at
conclusions. Hopefully, the policy group would arrive at a consensus
on their own. If that fails to happen, or if there is a formal
objection raised on the issue, and the issue is a technical one, then
the technical committee may be consulted. This should be a rare
occurrence.
3.3.2. Non Technical and Subjective Disagreements
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However, if the issue is non-technical and subjective, then a vote of
the developers may be taken ...
If the issue raised is especially contentious, or is deemed to be
suitable for review by the full set of developers, then four or more
developers can call for a hold on the proposal, and move to send the
proposal to the larger developer body as a General Resolution. *Note:*
The constitution may have additional requirements for submitting a
General Resolution, for example, a minimum number of seconders, etc.
manoj
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