Re: Re: [RFC] Abolish 50%+1 Votes

On 11/18/2016 06:26 PM, Marcio Almada wrote:

Hi Yasuo, In my opinion, this belongs to another RFC. Please, propose an optional way for voters to input a small paragraph disclosing a justification upon voting. We've seen many voices on this mailing list supporting this proposal, perhaps it's time to discuss officially. Keep in mind this change in the voting process requires the voting doodle to be customized somehow (I don't know how). Best regards, Márcio.

Explaining why someone votes against something makes voting against more difficult than voting for. I would suggest just increasing the margin to pass. That's a good way to solve the issue, and the pros and cons can be discussed on the list. Is it required to be a member of this list to vote? That too would be a good idea if it isn't required, hopefully translators are accurate enough to understand arguments here pro and con when not in a language the voter has excellent grasp of. Personally I abstain from voting because I do not feel qualified to make decisions that impact the majority of PHP users, but some things I may comment on, but only on this list.