Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:11:25 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Magnus B{ckstr|m <b@etek.chalmers.se> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204110551.00c54680@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0302041751160.81613-100000@scrooge.etek.chal mers.se> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204094350.027e9e00@localhost>
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At 10:56 AM 2/4/2003, Magnus B{ckstr|m wrote: >I would consider a more open governance to be harmful. Most (if not all) failures in governance are created or sustained by secrecy. >"Those most involved" need to be developers; they are the only ones >investing anything in the project Nonsense. System administrators, documentors, and users engaged in advocacy also have large investments and must be represented. The limitation of voting to those with "commit bits" creates an extreme bias toward those with their heads down and/or those with egos heavily invested in their code; it also increases the likelihood that "real world" factors will not be considered. It is one of the reasons why FreeBSD receives so little press and so little corporate support relative to Linux. Advocacy, a crucial part of any such project, is not valued. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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