Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:30:14 -0500, Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> said: 

> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:28:24PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Umm, consider a ballot: 1432. It may mean mean I like option A, and
>> though I may not like further discussion, I like the other options
>> even less than further discussion.
>>
>> Ranking options below furter discussion does not mean I like
>> further discussion. It means I like the rest _less_.

> Is there *ever* a strategic advantage, then, to not ranking "further
> discussion" immediately behind your most-preferred-choice?

	The desire to form common cause with your fellow developers to
 create the best OS ever?  If we have come to the point where we do
 not have common cause, then tweaking a process can't fix the social
 issue.

	manoj
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