RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR Group: Package Proposal Handling Rules

> From: rocha@i-node.com.br [mailto:rocha@i-node.com.br] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:12 PM > Citando PEAR Group <pear-group@php.net>: > > >3) Votes > >Only the votes of active members of the PEAR community (must have a pear > web > >account, however the proposer himself is not counted) are counted, > however > > anyone may vote. Votes require that a final choice of package name is > > specified. > That's a joke right? Why bother voting if i dont have a PEAR account and > it > will not count? Why bother saying anyone can vote, if only PEAR account > owners > count? > > I think is time to clarify the use of "active members of the PEAR > community". I > think of myself as a "active members of the Linux community" but i dont > remember have signed for a account in the last 8 or 9 years of activy. > But, boy, > I read/wrote tons of e-mails and code, and spent hours in flame wars, just > because I think that is a "community" way of doing things. Saying so, i > would > like to sugest a modification on item 3: > > 3) Only the votes of active developers, with a active PEAR account, > counts, > with exception of the proposer, if its already a active developer. Votes > require a final choice of package name being specified. The analysis of > anyone > else is welcome to help developers decide. Hmm, I don't quite understand the changes you are proposing. Anyways here is a clarification of my reasoning of requiring a pear account: This makes it possible to more easily handle the QA process, because there is a barrier ensuring some level of trust that we have already brought towards that user. If anyone's vote counts it will become important to scrutinize the reasoning much more. It means we have to put in a lot of trust into the process of everybody behaving fair. Linux has a different approach with even less chance to influence things if you look at it correctly. You are saying why bother to vote if you are not counted. Where are you counted in the Linux world? Does Linus count your vote? Probably not. Does Linus take into account the majority votes if users. More likely. This is infact what we have. But instead of one Linus we have everybody that has ever contributed code to PEAR. I call that a pretty open voting mechanism. Regards, Lukas