From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KjKO8-0007Yp-2K for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:58:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 233B6E00AB; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homeless.linbsd.net (homeless.linbsd.net [64.127.112.66]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C86E00AB for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (dsl092-011-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.11.131]) by homeless.linbsd.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 029B4587EB; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] The slacker mark From: Ned Ludd To: Roy Bamford Cc: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1222460724.1456.0@spike> References: <1222460724.1456.0@spike> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:58:06 -0700 Message-Id: <1222462686.6175.169.camel@media> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c9012541-8cd5-4a7c-ae00-d1e7ae64ab8d X-Archives-Hash: c4f1aec3a070927933c0de97c4793fe3 On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 21:25 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2008.09.26 20:57, Ned Ludd wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 15:26 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > just make the replacement strategies the same. replacement for a > > booted > > > slacker is the same for someone who resigns council/Gentoo or is > > kicked out. > > > elections take time and are a hassle. selecting from the original > > list is a > > > lot simpler. > > > -mike > > > > > > I strongly disagree with this method. People opt to not run for the > > council when they see what they expect to be a strong council. So if > > you > > see you have 8 pretty strong devs and 6 weak ones running. That's > > good > > enough sign to make you decline any nominations. As the people get > > sick > > etc this defaulting to the next inline can lead to results of the > > council which could completely and radically destroy Gentoo. > > > > Solar++ > > Allow the remaining council members to recruit any dev for the role, if > the any dev agrees. Such recruits serve until the next election, when > they can stand on their merits. > > It allows the council (if they wish) to appoint someone who complements > the remaining members. It takes a little longer than the > 'inheirentence' method but I would expect it to produce a stronger > council. Is that a good idea either? I'm not feeling it. I like the council idea mostly but I don't they should be the ones appointing others.