On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 13:36 -0800, Square Bottle wrote:
> I don't mean to ask a thorny question, but I'm not really sure how I
> could phrase it better. Am I correct in understanding that the general
> community can't be a part of any of this stuff at all?

The general community won't have a direct vote. But I am not sure that's
anything new. The community is welcome to voice their opinions, etc.
Hopefully if they do so, their thoughts and request will be reflected in
any developers votes.

Keep in mind developers aren't completely selfish. We do think about our
users, and keep the communities best interest in mind. While expressing
our own opinions based on experience, and ultimately being the ones
responsible, doing the work.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.
Gentoo/amd64/Java