Re: Editor and sensible-editor
On 14 Jun 1999 at 12:24, Manoj Srivastava wrote about "Re: Editor and...":
> Yes, the guidelines adopted for policy changes do state that
> only proposals and seconds that count have to be developers. Non
> developers are welcome, and the input provided is listened to, but
> since policy is important to the core of the project, we can't just
> throw the power of amending it wide open (a certain amount of
> commitment does ensure some protection from malicious or frivolous
> amendments).
In which case, I do apologize and will not "propose" or "second" until I
get a key in the ring.
> Brock> do we even have a formal policy on proposals? Yes, Manoj has
> Brock> something...but does policy refer to it? And is this discussed
> Brock> in Manoj's document? (sorry, haven't taken a look)
>
> This is an informal forum of cooperative people who have
> agreed to an convention and guidelines how we upodate policy. So far,
> we have not needed a stick to chastize unruly or disruptive
> individuals. Do you think that has changed?
Well, some people did jump at me on the Pine issue, even though they
hadn't done their homework on it's new license. I would bet they would say
I'm being disruptive -- but had I been a developer, my input would've been
considered appropriate.
So, no, I don't think anything has changed.
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Brock Rozen brozen@torah.org
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