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On Sun, 18 May 2008 00:46:37 +0100
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Simon Cooper <thecoop@××××××.com> wrote:
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> As a random user, could I just make a couple of points? |
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I'm replying just to say I think you've summed it up pretty well.
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> I think it is agreed that the GLEP says there should be a re-election; |
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> the current discussion is to whether the GLEP should be followed. May I |
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> ask what the point of the GLEP was if parts of it are going to be |
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> ignored on a whim? |
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> Yes, it is harsh, but that is what the rules say. Not obeying your /own/ |
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> rules when they are inconvenient sets a very bad precedent. If, at some |
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> point in the future, gentoo does get a slacker council, then when faced |
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> with being replaced they could say something like 'but you ignored the |
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> GLEP at this instance, and this is the same situation because of yadda |
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> yadda yadda...'. Even if what's being said is complete rubbish it will |
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> significantly slow down the process of getting a new council simply |
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> because there has been this one exception made. Furthermore, the reason |
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> given (there wasn't enough advertising about the meeting given out) is |
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> quite nebulous - 'enough advertising' can mean /anything/. Making this |
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> one exception also makes it easier for greater exceptions in the future |
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> (the whole 'slipperly slope' argument). |
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> If people don't like the clause, then the new council can vote to remove |
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> it. No one would disagree with that. But you _cannot_ simply ignore |
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> parts of GLEPs that turn out to be inconvenient. Doing so sets a bad |
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> precedent that could be a lot more damaging to gentoo in the future than |
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> the small inconvenience of having a council election a couple of months |
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> early, and indeed undermines the GLEP itself as something that is seen |
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> as optional. It will also ensure all council meetings are properly |
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> advertised in the future, which can only be a good thing. |
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> Simon Cooper |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-project@l.g.o mailing list |
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Regards,
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Ferris
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- --
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees)
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