Re: Some questions for the DPL candidates
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:21:36PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:24:45AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > I would certainly not like to vote for someone who just said "I'll
> > support whatever the project supports", since that would not be a
> > "leader" at all, but a follower :)
>
> Or perhaps that means he thinks it's an issue for the developers
> to decide, rather than just the project leader. In the case of
> non-free removal I certainly agree.
>
> We've seen what happens when a project leader tries to decide something
> controversial. Remember when Bruce chose the chicken logo? He had good
> reasons for choosing the one he did, but at the first opportunity, we had
> two (or was it three?) votes to decide on a replacement.
People seem to be very afraid of a dictoral leader, and I guess I can
understand that :) Rest assured that my only intention is that I firmly
believe the leader should have an opinion and beliefs. Developers vote
on whether that candidates beliefs and opinions match their own (else
the whole questioning line from Anthony was pointless). A candidate
having these qualities does not mean they will override the developers
consesus, and in fact, I strongly disagree with such action.
Ben
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