Re: Who are the current eligible voters?

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, at 2:12 PM, Ben Ramsey wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2020, at 14:02, Paul M. Jones <pmjones@pmjones.io> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Jan 15, 2020, at 13:21, Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com> wrote: > >> > >> Everyone with a php.net account is able to vote. The public list is here: > >> https://people.php.net/ > > > > I don't think that's *quite* the case? As has been noted elsewhere, the rules > > are: > > > >> • People with php.net VCS accounts that have contributed code to PHP > >> • Representatives from the PHP community, that will be chosen by those with php.net > >> VCS accounts > >> • Lead developers of PHP based projects (frameworks, cms, tools, etc.) > >> • regular participant of internals discussions > > > > It's clear that the second point has not really taken hold, but the first point adds > > the caveat "that have contributed code to PHP", and that part *does* seem widely accepted. > > > > So unless I am wrong, merely having a php.net account doesn't appear sufficient -- > > code or docs contributions are an additional prerequisite to getting a vote. > > > > Ben (and others) -- your thoughts? Is it really as straightforward as "having a > > php.net account alone is enough to be eligible to vote” ? > > > I wasn’t answering based on the rules. My answer is based on practice. > AFAIK, everyone with a php.net account also has access to the wiki (you > log into the wiki using your php.net account), and therefore, also has > the ability to vote on RFCs. > > Maybe there are some who have access to the wiki without a php.net > account, and maybe there are some who can access the wiki who can’t > vote. Whomever has admin access on the wiki can provide more > information. > > -Ben > > Attachments: > * signature.asc FTR, I have Wiki access (I was able to write a pre-RFC) but I have no voting access. Whatever the mechanism is, there is a separate setting. --Larry Garfield