On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 03:46:57PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 03:30:54PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > > This isn't something that's happened in the past, what's announced is a) > > that a GR process has started, b) the various CfVs, and c) the results. > > > > I'd be wary about spamming d-d-a every time there's a new > > amendment/adjustment to an amendment etc > > Sorry for not being clear. I wasn't advocating for that; I want what you > describe as a) above. > Ok, cool, that's what happens now[0]. What /doesn't/ happen is that a d-d-a post is sent out when an initial proposal is sent, but hasn't had sufficient seconds to be accepted as a valid GR. > > What's the actual issue that we're trying to solve here? eg: why aren't > > people subscribing to -vote? Would a -vote-discuss or -vote-announce > > make more sense? > > DDs missing a GR by not reading -vote. Since we mandate subscription to > d-d-a, I felt that a "GR process has started" announcement to that list > was the cleanest solution. > Sure - that makes sense when we're got a vote coming up. That doesn't solve the problem of people being unable to get enough seconds, but I'm also not sure if it's the secretary's job to help with that. :) Neil [0] And since 2009. It didn't happen for one in 2008, because I forgot to do it as there was 7 amendments and I was also trying to get a release out. --
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