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On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 23:44 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:39:03 -0400 |
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> Richard Freeman <rich@××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> > > And as I've said before, if we think a policy doesn't make sense, we |
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> > > can change it. But changing a policy that affects Council and then |
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> > > applying it retroactively gets tricky, because Council themselves |
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> > > are part of the approval process. |
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> > Nothing too tricky - council votes that the GLEP is to be modified |
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> > retroactively. A few folks complain. Life goes on. |
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> They don't have that authority. GLEP 39 wasn't approved as a GLEP. It |
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> was approved by global vote, and retroactively written up as a GLEP |
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> to make it easy to reference and find. |
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Interesting that the word global keeps being used. I noticed the |
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rule/policy we are discussion is under |
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B. Global issues will be decided by an elected Gentoo council. |
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Also where does it state the council does not have the power to change |
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GLEP 39? Or that changes to it must be done by a global vote of |
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developers, and not council members? |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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amd64/Java/Trustees |
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Gentoo Foundation |