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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:58:34
Message-Id: 20110812175805.GB3818@comet.mayo.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] Re: Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years by Steven J Long
1 On 14:12 Fri 12 Aug , Steven J Long wrote:
2 > Ulrich Mueller wrote:
3 >
4 > >> Let's say I propose an idea that 80% of the council likes but 80%
5 > >> of developers want. This doesn't seem unreasonable since I was very
6 > >> highly ranked in voting with a platform that involves totally
7 > >> changing our leadership structure, and yet the council insists it
8 > >> cannot change GLEP 39. I would be pretty pissed if most of Gentoo
9 > >> wanted something but the "cabal" at the top didn't even let them
10 > >> make the choice.
11 > >
12 > > I've read this paragraph twice, but I still fail to understand it.
13 > > Why do you call it a "cabal" if there is a large majority both amongst
14 > > council members and devs in general?
15 > >
16 > I think it's a typo-- the first line should read:
17 > >> Let's say I propose an idea that 80% of the council _dislikes_ but 80%
18 > >> of developers want.
19
20 Entirely right, good catch.
21
22 --
23 Thanks,
24 Donnie
25
26 Donnie Berkholz
27 Council Member / Sr. Developer
28 Gentoo Linux
29 Blog: http://dberkholz.com