Gentoo Archives: gentoo-proxy-maint

From: "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>
To: gentoo-proxy-maint@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-proxy-maint] Proxy Maintainers lead election: Call for nomination
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:38:42
Message-Id: 5776AA9D.8080200@iee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-proxy-maint] Proxy Maintainers lead election: Call for nomination by "M. J. Everitt"
1 On 01/07/16 18:34, M. J. Everitt wrote:
2 > On 30/06/16 21:00, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
3 >> On 06/30/2016 09:52 PM, NP-Hardass wrote:
4 >>> On 06/30/2016 03:43 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
5 >>>> On 06/30/2016 09:39 PM, Manuel Rüger wrote:
6 >>>>> On 30.06.2016 02:06, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:
7 >>>>>> On 06/30/2016 02:05 AM, Göktürk Yüksek wrote:
8 >>>>>>> Hi,
9 >>>>>>>
10 >>>>>>> Kristian Fiskerstrand:
11 >>>>>>>> This is a call for nominations to a member-initiated election
12 >>>>>>>> of a lead for the Proxy Maintainers project.
13 >>>>>>>>
14 >>>>>>> I propose "no-lead" to be an option to run the project officially
15 >>>>>>> without a leader.
16 >>>>>>>
17 >>>>>> A lead is required for gentoo projects, so thats not an option.
18 >>>>>>
19 >>>>>>
20 >>>>> Just being curious, is there a GLEP that defines this?
21 >>>> GLEP 39, " It may have one or many leads, and the leads are selected by
22 >>>> the members of the project. This selection must occur at least once
23 >>>> every 12 months, and may occur at any time."
24 >>>>
25 >>>>
26 >>> My interpretation of this statement is "may" means optional. It doesn't
27 >>> say must have at least one lead.
28 >>>
29 >> May refers to the choice of 1 or multiple
30 >>
31 > I think most would better understand the use of *must* rather than *may*
32 > would have a clearer meaning if the interpretation was intended as
33 > Kristian suggests. In lieu of additional consultation on the subject, I
34 > suggest the project uses the wording as is, and as others have confirmed
35 > the interpretation of 'may' is preserved as indicating an option rather
36 > than enforcing a mandate.
37 >
38 > MJE
39 >
40 Incidentally, if it is desired to change the GLEP - that is an entirely
41 different topic, and as such would have to be ratified by the Gentoo
42 council.
43
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