On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 05:35:07PM -0500 or thereabouts, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:51:08 -0400, Stephen <stephen.d.allen@gmail.com> said: > > > It should be, pretty much everything else in the Debian Project > > calls for votes in order for a consensus. > > Wrong. Most of the decisions made in the project are > technical -- and we never vote on technical issues (deciding > technical issues by popularity is like voting on the value if Pi) This, in my opinion isn't a technical issue. It appears almost to be political, with a tad of religious tones. Which is why (again in my opinion) it's worthy of seeking a consensus <ie> vote. Let's see what the majority of users, that actually use the list think. > > I see no reason why this list should be the exception -- After all > > it is called debian-user, emphasis on "user". :) > > I kinda doubt that list-masters look to polls on how to do > things, but you could try. Well, the reason we're discussing this, kinda makes the argument that perhaps they should be listening to what the needs of the people using the list, care and think about; In terms of how the list perhaps could be improved. <shrug> I really don't see it as a "big deal". Whatever is decided, I'll still be here; Reading, learning, and using the best distro in LinuxLand, Debian. -- Regards Stephen +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom. -- Mark Twain +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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