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All, |
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here is my manifesto; it is similar to my previous manifestos. |
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1. I believe the council should only be asked to make a decision on an |
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issue when the issue cannot be settled by the community itself. As it |
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has been said by others, the council should do what it can to stay out |
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of the way of innovations, which should come from the developers. |
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2. When the council is asked to make a decision, it should be fully |
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informed about both sides of the issue before it votes. On the other |
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hand, the council should not block progress by taking an extremely long |
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time to make a decision. |
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3. I believe we can learn from the past, and improve upon it. Continuing |
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to do things like we have in the past is not a bad thing in itself. |
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However, using what we have done in the past to block innovation can be. |
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I understand that people are used to doing things a certain way. However, |
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that alone is not justification for continuing to do things the same way |
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in the future. if we need to make a change, we should make sure that |
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change is backward compatible with what we have, or if this is not |
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possible, provide the smoothest possible transition for our users. |
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Since the council doesn't maintain all of the packages, the council is |
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not going to know the technical details of how to make either of these |
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happen, so I don't feel that the council should mandate specific |
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implementations. |
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Thanks, |
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William |