Re: Proposed ballot for the GR: Deciding on the effect of GR 2004_003
On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:02:26 -0400, Duncan Findlay <duncf@debian.org> said:
> On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 10:38:32PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:42:07 -0400, Duncan Findlay
>> <duncf@debian.org> said:
>> If there are people who find this less clear:
>> ======================================================================
>> The details of the general resolution can be found at:
>> http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004
>> ======================================================================
>> Perhaps they should consider resigning.
> Even if you add the ===='s, it stands out a lot more and is easier
> to notice when skimming through the otherwise boilerplate ballot.
That seems reasonable.
> don't see any reason to not implement Henning's suggestions. Sure,
> it is (or at least should be?) a little unnecessary, but it's not
> going to hurt.
The point is that you can't ever please every possible
person. And there comes a time when the nit picking gets
silly, as I think it has, in this case.
>> > Furthermore, this may be a bias against new developers who are a
>> > little unfamiliar with the way votes work. Are you trying to say
>> > that their opinion is irrelevant? That they shouldn't get a vote?
>>
>> If they are not competent enough to follow the instructions above,
>> hell yes.
> Do you read every word in everything ever put in front of you? Most
When it comes to a GR, yes. Note to the public: GR's are big
deals. These are the most significant decisions that the developer
community takes as a whole, and these can fundamentally change the
very nature of the project.
GR's that modify Foundation documents are even more
critical; and you should not be skimming through the ballot.
> of the ballot is pretty standard, so people are likely to skip over
> it. Making the link a little more obvious is a good thing.
And then they realize that they do not know what the ballot
is all about, so they go back and read it. Really.
> Nobody said anything about pampering. We're talking about making a
> link a little more obvious. How could that possibly be a bad thing?
Cause there will always be someone out there who wants a
little bit more. A little more obvious. A little more spoon
feeding. And when he material being spoon fed is not obvious enough,
they have the gall to come back and call it "deceptive practice" and
"delibratelyt misleading".
>> What fucking summaries? You really think that a 40 char title is a
>> bloody summary of a GR proposal? And you would vote on something
>> compressed into 40 chars? The mind boggles.
> Personally, I wouldn't vote on a 40 character summary. But some
> might find the titles sufficiently self-explanatory. I don't see how
> encouraging people to read the full summaries is a bad thing.
I would rather trust in the sensibility of the developer
body. You say you won't vote on a 40 char title, but you think so
little of your fellow developers to believe they shall?
>> > link less visible is similar to an attempt to mislead voters into
>> > thinking they are voting for something different than they really
>> > are. (Sound familiar anyone?)
>>
>> Yes. Sounds like we are getting a lot of incompetent. lazy people
>> itching to blame everyone else for their lack of due diligence.
> Please, just make the link a little clearer and more obvious. Is
> that really too much to ask? I assume by sending out a draft, you
> were asking for suggestions on how to improve it (an incorrect
> assumption?). People have responded, and you have proceeded to jump
> all over these suggestions.
I listen to suggestion. I do not follow everyone. Adding gobs
and gobs of disclaimers about the obvious is not, in my opinion, a
reasonable suggestion.
I may add a line of '='s around it, though. That did sound
reasonable.
manoj
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