Re: Zed's slew of PROPOSALS -- can we move on it?
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
> Should we consider also a minor amendment to the guidelines
> asking the proposer to post a reminder midway through the discussion
> period, and then again at the end of discussion (reminding the
> maintainers)? Sometimes discussion dies down prematurely, and this
> may help keep people involved.
Hmm. An automated summary weekly of open proposals might be nice I
guess if that's possible. That might be a lot of work, however...
Manoj, could you repost the official guidelines for Policy Updates?
> I'll follow the dictum of this group and upload the amended
> version sometime this week, and then retitle the bugs as ACCEPTED.
I guess that's ok with me.
As for Bug #25911, I show the issue was officially raised as a
proposal on 14 September, was seconded "carte blance" by Joseph Carter
that day (not in BTS), was amended 14 September by Zed in response to
Richard Braakman's comments.
Like I said, I need to re-examine the Policy Updates guidelines. I
suspect that it might be a good thing for the Policy Editors to get a
whole lot more anal about policy change proposals, and making sure
that the letter of the law is followed. Otherwise I think we're
asking for trouble. Again, I think all of Zed's proposed changes have
merit and should be incorporated (still feel edgy about 25911), but
procedure here was *very* sloppy... I'd be happier if Policy Editors
were being more militant and denying change proposals which don't
follow the process we outlined. Not trying to be bureaucratic, just
trying to give the system a real, proper go of it....
.....A. P. Harris...apharris@onShore.com...<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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