On 02/11/2007, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:04:08PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > > On 02/11/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>> Then you shouldn't say you speak with "one voice" because that implies > > > >>> unanimity which is not the case here. You should say "the majority of > > > >>> the OGB feels X way." > > > >> > > > >> That is not how abstentions are generally counted. > > > > > > > > Well, sorry, but for those not used the extreme level of bureaucracy > > > > (which isn't your fault) surrounding this project. Can you please use > > > > "laymen's terms"? Seriously. Otherwise, you're going to be implying > > > > things you don't mean to because people don't take the same meaning from > > > > your wording. > > > > > > > > > Abstention is a removal of oneself from a process, generally due to a > > > serious conflict of interest (generally, an inability to provide an > > > unbiased response) of one sort or another. > > > > > > Proper consideration of the OGB's position on an issue should actually be > > > consideration of all the members of the OGB who have not abstained from > > > discussion. The full set minus abstentions. > > > > > > It sounds like the OGB is being rather consistent. > > > > Consistent and understandable to people not used to layers of > > bureaucracy are two different things. All I'm asking for is to be > > approachable and clear in communication. > > > > What I get instead is a torrent emails repeating some lame dictionary > > definitions many people probably aren't familiar with. > > Shawn, "abstain" only has one meaning. It's perfectly consistent and in > layman's terms as it stands.
Abstain has only one meaning but was not used in the context given. The key phrase that I saw was "with one voice" which clearly has a completely different meaning to many people. So please stop playing word games with me. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
