On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 07:28:14PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Gard Spreemann (2021-03-25 19:21:36) > > > > Margarita Manterola <margamanter...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 6:59 PM Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Essentially, voting in this GR is implicitly > > >> compulsory and there is only one correct way to vote. > > > > > > > > > Also not true. The GR is to vote whether Debian issues a statement about > > > this or not. If you think Debian shouldn't issue a statement about this, > > > that's a totally valid opinion. The point of the GR is to gauge whether > > > the > > > majority of DDs think that the project should or should not issue a > > > statement. We won't know until the voting is over whether that's the > > > case. > > > > I'm very sorry if I misunderstood something (this is the first GR to > > come up since I joined the project, please excuse the > > handholding/noise), but isn't this a GR over whether or not Debian > > issues a *specific* statement about the matter? > > > > It puts those of us who may wish for Debian to make *a* statement, but > > dislike the broadness of the open letter that is under consideration for > > ratification, in a difficult spot. > > If you think that an alternative statement should be made instead, then > propose that alternative and if enough others support that (the process > of "seconding") then it will appear as another option on the voting > ballot. > Given the rush to shorten the discussion period and make it a simple yes/no vote, it does not seem likely that a well-worded statement could be put together, seconded, and then discussed.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez