Re: [gentoo-project] Clarify language of GLEP 39

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 7:58 AM, Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> It seems the developer community at large may need to revisit and vote on
> such a change for GLEP39.  Assuming it is deemed important enough to pursue.
>

Nobody is going to organize such an action over a matter this trivial.
I'm not saying they can't, just that I'd be shocked if it happened.

And hence my point that deciding not to take any action is effectively
a decision that leads are not necessary, since nobody is empowered to
actually do anything over the lack of a lead.  And that suits me fine
anyway.

I did clearly state that I didn't think the Council should change the
wording of GLEP39.  It would merely clarify what it means.  And
obviously it would take into account any opinions expressed by the
developer community at large.

On a side note, I think there is far too much tendency in these
debates to hold ourselves to decisions made a long time ago by
entirely different people.  When big issues come up people ask
questions like "what did those people who only a few of us even have
ever talked to mean when they wrote xyz" or "what would Daniel do" and
so on.  While sometimes understanding historical perspective can be
useful I don't consider ourselves bound by it.  Ultimately how we
govern ourselves today is up to the developers of today.

-- 
Rich