Re: voting without vcs accounts

On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: > > > On 04/17/2012 03:50 PM, Stas Malyshev wrote: >> Hi! >> >>> sorry, I can't really follow you with that. >>> do you have a problem allowing the non-vcs users (defined by the voting >>> rfc) to vote, or do you have a problem providing a clear way for them to >>> get their voting karma? >> >> I have a problem that we don't have understanding of what is the goal of >> this whole vote setup. What is it for? What we will be doing with it? >> And please don't say "it says so in RFC" - it is not a goal. > > Stas, I'm with Ferenc on this. We just need one or two sentences somewhere > in the wiki saying how non-contributors can get vote karma. The sentences > should give the physical process and what kind of people we will give karma to. The problem is that the voting RFC does not define who can vote. It contains two parts: 1. Those with SVN [sic] access (but how does karma come into play?) 2. Those without (how do we provide such rights? to whom?) If these are to be answered (they should) then I don't think an RFC can be edited like that (people already voted on it), so suspect we'd need a new RFC to replace it. Fun! I suspect most people voted "Yes" for that RFC thinking it'd mean less noise on this list while not caring about the details. That's only a guess. But trouble is, defining the "Who" is the most difficult part and a big reason why general consensus is preferred. Regards, Philip