On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 06:05:10PM +0100 or thereabouts, Andrew Saunders wrote: > On 9/26/06, Stephen <stephen.d.allen@gmail.com> wrote: > > >It should be, pretty much everything else in the Debian Project calls > >for votes in order for a consensus. > > Heh - not quite. :-) The Constitution [1] spells out the > organisational structure for formal decision-making within the > Project. Have a read; decision-making by plebiscite is certainly not > the norm and on the rare occasions when it does happen, only > developers have the right to vote. This appears only relevant to assets and The Debian project as a whole. > Nothing stops devs polling their users and taking public opinion into > consideration when coming to a decision. But if they do so it's by > their own choice and the outcome of such a vote will be for > informational purposes only and entirely non-binding. > > [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution Nothing there appears relevant to the operation of the debian-user e-mail list or any other e-mail list. :( -- Regards Stephen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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