[squeak-dev] Resolution of Contentious Issues

Stéphane Rollandin lecteur at zogotounga.net
Mon May 9 12:08:21 UTC 2011


My opinion on this is:

If a problem is hairy and people disagree on options, discussing it at 
lengths in big threads that may repeat what has already been said, it 
means that a lot of work is needed to understand the issue from all its 
relevant dimensions; involved people, the one who write posts about it, 
have specific point of views and if no agreement can be reached, it is 
because it is difficult to grok the point of view of someone else, or to 
explain convincingly why it is maybe not an interesting point of view.

Anyway. The last thing I would like in such a situation is a community 
vote. Because a vote does not explain anything, a vote does not tell if 
the voter understand anything whatsoever about the problem being 
discussed, a vote does not give any clue about the voter motivation and 
involvement. The vote does not bring anything constructive, so why bother ?


my 2 cents,

Stef



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