Raphael Hertzog writes ("Re: CTTE and Developer Buy-in [Re: Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion]"): > I do. I know at least one person who expressed his intent to leave Debian > if Debian wasn't able to make the choice of systemd. So if one is ready to > resign, there will likely be other developers who are ready to start a GR.
It's clear that there are people with very strong feelings. What we don't know is how the balance of numbers work out. Based on the responses to the recurring flamewars on debian-devel, I think the majority of contributors are happy not to have to wrestle with this decision and would prefer to leave it to us. As the TC, I think we have two options for the process: (a) Make a decision based on our assessment of the merits; that includes considering the strength and health of the communites behind each project. But for me it doesn't include consideration of their raw popularity or unpopularity in the Debian ecosystem. Expect a GR if our decision is too unpopular. (b) Decline to make a decision and propose a GR. Colin was casting about for a plausible intermediate approach perhaps involving a straw poll. I'm explaining why I think that's not a good idea; perhaps even a worse idea than (b). I don't think any of the TC are going to propose (b). Perhaps we should put (b) on the TC ballot for form's sake; I guess most of the TC would vote it above FD. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21189.28278.363521.425...@chiark.greenend.org.uk