Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> writes: > Hi, > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 5:12 AM Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> wrote: >> >> Those proposing >> improvements must also demonstrate how the claimed improvements >> provide greater benefit than the cost incurred in implementing the >> improvements. > > I had hoped to sidestep that responsibility by putting the matter to a > vote. Reading this really bothers me. The problem I see is that being a good citizen of a community like Debian means *not* side-stepping such responsibilities. Because everyone here is a volunteer, it's important to not make being part of Debian less rewarding in unnecessary ways. When you have a good idea that needs effort by others to implement, how you choose to go about proposing they make that effort matters. If you can successfully convince that individual or group that your idea is a good one and they come to *want* to do the work, we all win and our community becomes stronger. When you side-step the responsibility of considering the workload you may be imposing on others by taking something to a project-level vote as the first step, those people are likely to feel "forced" to do the work. In my experience, that makes it *less* likely the work will actually get done, or be done in a timely manner. Bdale
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