Re: New policy draft available at http://master.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/policy/
>>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:
>> The implication here is that you need someone to do most of
>> the work, and just keep everyone else in the loop.
Wichert> I'm not sure if it is most of the work. It will be more though.
I was not clear. It was not the amount work that was bothering
me, I was just saying, in a very round about fashion, that the
presence of the delegated people should not prevent, or preclude, the
current inclusive process from working. I just expressed that very
badly.
>> I still do not think that this person should be able to
>> override formal objections from more than one developer (in other
>> words, two or more develoerps formally objecting to the policy lead
>> should be able to bring the issue before the technical committee).
Wichert> This seems like you are contradicting yourself: even if
Wichert> someone is able to override formal objections from the
Wichert> policy-creating process there is always the technical
Wichert> committee (which was partially created for this reason).
Umm, no. I would not object to the DPL's delegate(s) having
the power to overide a formal objection, but there should be some
checks and balances. I was just trying to suggest a process by
wihch one could appeal to the tech ctte: more than N formal
objections would do it automatically; less than N formal objections
the delegates carry the day. N should be a low integer.
The one advantage of specifying something like this is that
the amendment in question is put on hold until the tech ctte rules.
Otherwise, I can envisage an amendment with multiple formal
objections being incorporated into policy (if the delegates can
override any number of formal objections) while the process of
invoking the tech ctte is getting off the ground.
Or am I getting too paranoid about concentration of power into
the hands of the delegate(s)?
manoj
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