On 09/19/2012 10:38 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote:
On 12-09-19, at 12:09 , Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
How would you deal with "opacity here as to how these names were
suggested"? These are individual's stated preferences. Nothing
more, nothing less. Unless we require that everyone give a
complete, detailed justification for every name they pick, what can
we do? A wiki certainly doesn't change that.
It depends on how the wiki is set up. For instance, the header of the
wiki could state, as the subject line here does,
"Preference/Proposed…." and then go on in one sentence to explain,
"the names proposed derive from the overall committer list (or
whatever) and are those valued by the individual proposer. The final
PMC list itself will likely change as the project evolves and will be
composed of those names suggested here." It could then clarify who is
able to propose names and stipulate a deadline.
Further, it could clarify that in future, a different process
operate, and that this process now is essentially ad hoc to resolve a
late-summer slowdown stalemate.
This page could further clarify what other pages do: the point of the
PMC.
In this way, a wiki can provide more than a mail list post.
Louis
Yes, a wiki can provide more than a mail post, but I think this exercise
is valid, and provides a convenient way for *anyone* on this list to
express an "opinion" without explicitly stating why. I actually think
this is a point in the mailing lists favor. This approach is simple and
based on impressions of individuals involved with this project. I don't
see much wrong with that. Picking "10" has been difficult for all of us,
but I did understand that "10" was not a magic number for the final PMC.
I agree with Juergen that we should complete this circle. I've found it
pretty interesting so far.
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