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On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 08:13:00PM +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 04:49:53PM +0200, Camille Huot wrote: |
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> > Hey, sorry for my late feedback, |
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> No problem. |
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> > """ |
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> > The Gentoo Documentation Project Team consists of editors and authors, |
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> > working on our main documentation and its translations. Like most other |
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> > Gentoo projects, it is lead by a project lead whose additional job is to |
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> > look after the team and its resources in general (such as focusing on |
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> > recruitment when necessary and acting as an unbiased mediator when two or |
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> > more developers have a dispute over something). |
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> > """ |
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> > |
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> > I don't like the end "acting as an unbiased mediator when two or more |
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> > developers have a dispute over something", we're not childs that need to be |
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> > calm down :) -- Here's my suggested drop-in: "taking final decisions when |
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> > consensus cannot be found otherwise." |
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> Actually, I was merely trying to replicate what the devrel stuff sais on |
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> this ;-) It isn't about a dispute on documentation aspects. If that were the |
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> case, I'd suggest a "consensus model" on the mailinglist and indeed project |
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> lead having a final say if consensus cannot be found. |
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> But when developers are more in dispute on non-documentation related |
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> aspects, the devrel guide/policy currently positions the project lead as a |
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> first mediator. |
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> Of course, we could just drop that part (since it already is in the policy) |
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> or rewrite it according to your suggestion (but then make it clear it is |
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> about project-related activities). |
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> Wkr, |
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> Sven Vermeulen |
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Well, adults are surprisingly good at acting like children. Mediator is a good |
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description for the task. Sometimes a tie-breaker vote is all that two |
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civilized and well-behaved adults need to resolve an "issue", but sometimes |
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there are real issues, perceived or otherwise, that need someone to really |
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mediate. |
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But, yeah, that responsibility is already defined by the Gentoo Policy. |
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Mr. Aaron W. Swenson |
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Pseudonym: TitanOfOld |
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