Quoting Bernd Zeimetz (2021-04-20 15:26:06) > On 2021-04-20 12:50, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > I genuinely think that more time preparing the ballot would have led > > to fewer more well-written options on the ballot, and consequently a > > higher likelihood that Debian would have decided to make a (more > > well-written) statement instead of the current outcome of not making > > a statement. > > On th other hand this leads to even more discussion, more flame-wars > and maybe some other ballots that come in in a short time before the > voting peropd starts - which might have the same issues you've just > described. But without a defined time on when a vote starts, the > discussion will never end. > > No idea on how to fix that, though. Personally I think having fixed > and known dates is still the best option. I think a sensible step in the direction towards fixing the issue you describe is to not assume that "more discussion" necessarily leads to "the discussion will never end". ;-) For my own part, by "more time preparing" I did only imply "the ordinary 2 weeks", not "all the time in the World". - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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