Hi, On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 03:27:14PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 01:27:12PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:25:11AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > > > Note that there could still be up to three weeks for discussion after > > > > the IRC debate but before voting closes. > > > > > > No! We have a campaigning period for a reason. What you suggest implies > > > campaigning during the voting period, which is against the spirit, if > > > not the letter, of the procedure. > > > > When I've objected, I've been reminded that there is no rule against > > campaigning during the whole election. It is "only" a convention and > > not one that's totally respected. If you want to stop that, amend the > > process to forbid it. I'd second it. > > I didn't suggest to forbid campaigning outside the campaigning period. > There's no need; a convention *is* proper for this kind of thing. The > fact that it is not totally respected is, IMO, not a problem, since it > usually is. The only cases that I've seen where campaigning occurred > outside the campaigning period were either cases where something was > interpreted as campaigning while it wasn't intended as such, or a reply > to a question that was asked during the last few hours or minutes of the > campaigning period. Those are minor things, and they shouldn't be a > problem. [...] It's been just over a month since I sent this mail, the last in the discussion; I think we can safely conclude that discussion on this subject is over. Can we have a vote? -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature