From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MKwsq-0006Jq-4M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:05:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CCEB6E0762; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f197.google.com (mail-px0-f197.google.com [209.85.216.197]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14A1E0762 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi35 with SMTP id 35so618784pxi.32 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:05:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=K2vhQ5GvyZu8RuybaAtyYteBUW2vjfGzV6d3kq+unpY=; b=bM8ymw7aurBrZrm0N3+iohVGfULLiNRmvCnf8erBa6Z2vq/SuU/Jg4UBCYenu35dYs ZhAvcerDQvMQjdfST7ufDoPGnnwGrI0EkkupqSc4cIoMI5r0JsMOpSVfCdc6wk7HO7Ez PJbEnZ7nEFgHZh5OJVpQg2toi8PNIvIe+Bqdk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=VirXUOiAHAKoHpAJ0UiW8Bt9IbRkSoFaLZNqtIOXLFKm36XuoiH2WesGwK9vH7OBbv pMQybGmvr0UOnL4OTy/50Ltuq9fezSB+r7wF9OfhXHLD9O7H7SN6f/qOMbCvKOKc8trj mrZdBOfunti/9RmykuzvQsoQ0yQ05wxRhsvxE= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: nirbheek.chauhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.114.46.6 with SMTP id t6mr9963558wat.17.1246205113960; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:05:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1246203606.3656.1@NeddySeagoon> References: <1246179604.19613.155.camel@localhost> <1246203606.3656.1@NeddySeagoon> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:35:13 +0530 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ee31d13fca1103fb Message-ID: <8b4c83ad0906280905r167b93e7yc6f62eb8941a49e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] 2009 Council Elections From: Nirbheek Chauhan To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7059e99c-5c3a-4b49-bde9-637b514d11d7 X-Archives-Hash: dc1c348c5e2b2a3ef8b2cae381de9ec5 On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Roy Bamford wrote: > Oh. Don't talk about 'common sense' GLEP39 does not mention it, so it > doesn't count ... and its much rarer than you may think. > I would like to make a stand for more usage of common sense and "wisdom" in interpretation of rules. It more often than not makes for more sensible and useful decisions. To this end, I advocate the following TED talk: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html >From Donnie's twitter status[1] from a while back, I take it he would agree as well. > Lastly, as a trustee and partly legally responsible for decisions made > on behalf of Gentoo, I am uneasy with the concept of non developers > making those decisions. Now reread my 'what if' above with that > liability in mind. > This is an interesting point that I doubt many here would have thought of. 1. http://twitter.com/dberkholz/status/2345098446 -- ~Nirbheek Chauhan