Re: voting

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 16:22, Martin Jansen wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 15:56, Leandro Lucarella wrote: > > Martin Jansen, el miércoles 2 de abril a las 10:08 me escribiste: > > > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 09:57, Robin Ericsson wrote: > > > > Is really everyone entitled to vote? If so, that sounds like a bad idea. > > > > > > > > Shouldn't only the votes from the "core pear people" count? > > > > > > For the upcoming voting system on pear.php.net, which I'm building > > > currently, I've planned the following system: > > > > > > Generally everybody can vote, but every proposal needs to at least get > > > five positive votes from people having a pear.php.net account. > > > > So, really, the votes of other people are just cosmetic... > > In my current plan, the votes of the users can be seen as an animation > for PEAR developers: When developers see, that people really like to > have this package in PEAR (=> a lot of user votes), they can give a > positive vote even if they have no real opinion themselves. If you feel adventurous, why not copy a certification scheme like Advogato's, and determine a "voting authority" for each maintainer? Probably a bit of work, but if someone thinks it sounds interesting... - Stig