* Philip Hands: " Re: Reaffirm public voting" (Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:23:32 +0100):
> Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 12:03:22PM +0100, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> >> On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:42:51AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> >> > Reaffirm public voting
> >> > ======================
> >> >
> >> > Since we can either have secret and intransparent voting, or we can have
> >> > open and transparent voting, the project resolves to leave our voting
> >> > system as it is.
> >> >
> >> > Rationale:
> >> >
> >> > The GR proposal for secret voting is silent on implenentation details,
> >> > probably because secret and transparent voting is, well, impossible to
> >> > achieve fully, so this GR is bound to a similar fate as the 'publish
> >> > debian-private' vote, which was voted for and then was never implemented.
> >> >
> >> > A voting system which is transparent only to some, is undemocratic and
> >> > will lead to few people in the know, which is diagonal to Debians goals
> >> > of openness and transparency.
> >> >
> >> > And then, early 2022 is not the time for rushed changes like this, which
> >> > is also why I explicitly want to see "keep the status quo" on the ballot,
> >> > and not only as "NOTA", but as a real option.
> >> >
> >> > I'm seeking sponsors for this amendment to the current GR.
> >> Assuming you meant this as "this ballot" instead of "this amendment"
> >> (following the new GR flow), I sponsor this.
> >
> > yes, that's what I ment, thanks. Do I need to resent my mail now with this
> > change? :)
>
> I sponsor this.
>
> While I may not end up voting for it as my first option, I think it
> deserves to be an explicit option, because I can imagine that no
> super-majority emerges in this vote, and if that happens then we will be
> able to draw rather different conclusions about the project consensus
> depending upon whether this option comes above or below NotA (and by how
> much).
>
> Cheers, Phil.
I sponsor this as well.
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Mathias Behrle
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