Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"): > Although I don't personally know of any such DDs, I agree that random > selection sounds like a bad idea. DDs who don't want to be involved in > this sort of work would feel under some obligation to respond, even if > they know they're not really suited for it or feel that they need to > focus their time into some of their own maintenance work, such as > before/during a freeze.
I think there should be a way to opt out. (Unlike with jury service in a common law criminal trial.) So when a jury is needed, the robot would pick 10 random DDs and email them an offer to participate. Each potential juror would get a few days[1] to accept/decline. The robot would keep emailing more people until it got a panel of 10 acceptances. [1] This should be a short period both to keep the whole duration of the uncertainty and pain short, but also to end up with jurors who are around right now. I think it would be best not to tell jurors, before the jury is empanelled, what package is in dispute. (They might be able to tell anyway.) Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.