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Happy New Year Doug (et al ;) ), |
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I wanted to share an observation: |
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"It must have at least one lead, and may have many leads. The leads |
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> are selected by the members of the project. This selection must occur |
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> at least once every 12 months, and may occur at any time. |
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If a project has n members, and by vote or policy or whatever, the team may |
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decides |
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that all n members are leads. In that case, I opine that the project has |
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no leads. |
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> OR (if the Council wishes to allow no lead as an option) |
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> "It may have no lead, one lead, or many leads, and the leads are |
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> selected by the members of the project. This selection must occur at |
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> least once every 12 months, and may occur at any time." |
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6 up there, half a dozen here, and a pair of 3's already in the current |
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language. |
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Seems like a hard to avoid situation. I guess my question is: are the |
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lead-less teams |
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experiencing particular challenges? |
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Cheers, |
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Seemant |
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> (The slight change in wording in otherwise unaffected parts is to |
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> avoid repetitive use of "and" in one sentence.) The reason for the |
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> ambiguity in the first place is that the English language allows you |
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> to apply the "may" to the collective "one or many leads," which would |
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> make any lead optional. Others consider it to just be a choice |
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> between "one lead" and "many leads," which is also a valid |
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> interpretation. |
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> I believe that the original intention was that every project would |
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> have a lead (indeed, in GLEP 4, which GLEP 39 replaced, every project |
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> had a manager, which is the equivalent), but I don't speak for the |
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> authors of GLEP 39. It is my personal opinion that every project |
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> should have a lead. The lead serves to resolve disputes among project |
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> members, coordinate project effort, and be the point of contact |
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> between the project and the rest of Gentoo, all on an as-needed basis. |
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> -Doug |
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> dwfreed |
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Cheers, |
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Seemant |
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