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Re: Machine maintainer veto.
- From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh dot poyarekar at gmail dot com>
- To: munroesj at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com
- Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 19:55:52 +0530
- Subject: Re: Machine maintainer veto.
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On 6 July 2015 at 18:56, Steven Munroe <munroesj@linux.vnet.ibm.comcom> wrote:
> There has to be a balance between the consensus of the community and the
> requirements of the platform (as represented by the maintainer).
>
> Democratic consensus can quickly turn into the mob rule, where ignorance
> or malice of community members with strong but unfounded opinions can
> also do great harm. Read up on the Death of Socrates or later stages of
> the French revolution.
>
> I think we need a balance of Powers definition that protects both
> interests.
Agreed, I don't think I intended to counter this at all when I asked
for the veto wording to be altered. As a maintainer if you think
there is an effort (either due to ignorance or malice) to stonewall a
patchset, please feel free to call it out.
Siddhesh
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