> -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Birkholz [mailto:p...@dennis.birkholz.biz] > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:16 PM > To: Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk>; internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Anonymous voting on wiki > > Am 10.01.2016 um 11:20 schrieb Lester Caine: > > The debate on Anonymous voting has been voted on already? > > > > From my own point of view, I like to know who supports and who opposes > > a particular RFC simply because I can't vote myself. It helps me to > > decide if I need to look deeper into the RFC or if I can rely on those > > with voting rights that I trust to get it right. We should not have to > > hide our views so the idea that anonymity is a right is part of the > > problem in the modern world? Part of the reason for now needing a CoC? > > I would really like to understand the rational behind anonymous voting in the > PHP internals context. Votes for RFCs should be purely based on technical > reasons and whether the language change would benefit the language in the > long run or not. I see no reason why such a vote should be confidential. If a > person does not stand behind his/her opinion for a technical change, I am > not sure if that person should be allowed to decide the future of the > language. These votes are not about religious believes, the politic attitude > or > something else personal. But it may be preferable to hide the Person<- > >Vote table until the vote is over. That would provide protection against > harassment to win someone over and change his/her vote.
Much like I did not experience (what I consider) threats before, I've yet to experience harassment based on voting choices thus far (not just personally, but also never saw anybody else being harassed for their vote). I was certainly harassed for championing certain things - but never for voting one way or the other. And I certainly didn't harass anybody myself. I certainly lobbied in some cases, but always politely and never against a person's wishes. I think that's absolutely fine. I'm pointing that out because someone reading the list in the last few days may come to think that PHP is all about threats, personal attacks and harassments, which it is not. I don't personally mind an anonymous vote on this topic. Zeev
