On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:42:07PM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: > > >> Why do developers have to be told this? > > In theory, they don't. In theory, the options on the ballot are > self-explanatory, and developers should know where to find more > information. However, in practice, it is clear that developers often > don't take care to inform themselves adequately before voting (how do > you think we got in this mess in the first place?) I think we got into this "mess" because of a sudden and unanticipated bout of morality on the part of the release manager. I think that responding to a result you didn't like with anything that reduces to "Oh, they didn't really *mean* that" rather speaks for itself. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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