From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0111158020 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2022 05:46:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF6C5E085E; Wed, 9 Nov 2022 05:46:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (mail.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A36DEE085E for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2022 05:46:46 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] [PATCH] glep-39: drop hard requirement of yearly lead elections From: =?UTF-8?Q?Micha=C5=82_G=C3=B3rny?= To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 06:46:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <20221108003113.3719310-1-ajak@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.44.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: 2288ec7a-4d6b-4d83-a5df-231fb3bbd16b X-Archives-Hash: b7440f0c07ef02358de3add1550c2196 On Tue, 2022-11-08 at 10:59 -0600, John Helmert III wrote: > On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 09:17:34AM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 08 Nov 2022, ajak wrote: > >=20 > > > - selected by the members of the project. This selection must > > > - occur at least once every 12 months, and may occur at any > > > - time. > > > + selected by the members of the project. This selection should > > > + occur at least once every 12 months, but may occur at any > > > + time. Leads may keep their position for more than 12 months if > > > + project membership deems an election unecessary. > >=20 > > How would you reliably determine this, other than by having a vote? >=20 > By any project member initiating the election process, I'd think. The > GLEP doesn't dictate anything about how elections have to happen, so > I'm not sure we need/want to add anything to that effect. >=20 I think the rough point behind requiring a periodic elections is to give people an opportunity to issue secret votes against the current lead, i.e. without requiring them to publicly oppose the lead. I'm not saying this is really necessary in the case of Gentoo, though. --=20 Best regards, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny