Re: [gentoo-dev] 2009 Council Elections

[Tiziano Müller]

Am Sonntag, den 28.06.2009, 21:35 +0530 schrieb Nirbheek Chauhan:
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Roy Bamford<neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote:
> > Oh. Don't talk about 'common sense' GLEP39 does not mention it, so it
> > doesn't count ... and its much rarer than you may think.
> >
>
> I would like to make a stand for more usage of common sense and
> "wisdom" in interpretation of rules. It more often than not makes for
> more sensible and useful decisions.

Well, Gentoo became (or always was) a multi-cultural project and what I
see is that common sense really depends on one's cultural background.
Therefore I'd say it doesn't hurt to just write something down in case
of ambiguity.

>
> To this end, I advocate the following TED talk:
> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html
>
> From Donnie's twitter status[1] from a while back, I take it he would
> agree as well.
>
> > Lastly, as a trustee and partly legally responsible for decisions made
> > on behalf of Gentoo, I am uneasy with the concept of non developers
> > making those decisions. Now reread my 'what if' above with that
> > liability in mind.
> >
>
> This is an interesting point that I doubt many here would have thought of.
>
>
> 1. http://twitter.com/dberkholz/status/2345098446

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