On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Adeodato Simó wrote: > I hate complex ballots. They tend to work against the goal of a > vote, which is getting a crystal clear assessment on the opinions of > the Developers.
The goal of a vote is the ranking of options; this doesn't necessarily coincide with a clear assessment of the opinions of the population. Furthermore, splitting non-disjoint options into separate votes has a myriad of other problems that Manoj has identified. > I also think throwing amendments is a too cheap operation nowadays. The procedure for amendments isn't any less cheaper than the procedure for submitting a GR itself. People seconding and/or submitting proposals/amendments should only do so for amendments that they support, and should withdraw their proposal or second for amendments which they no longer support. Don Armstrong -- THERE IS NO GRAVITY THE WORLD SUCKS -- Vietnam War Penguin Lighter http://gallery.donarmstrong.com/clippings/vietnam_there_is_no_gravity.jpg http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]