Re: [Gdbheads] Re: Feb's patch resolution rate

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ian Lance Taylor <address@hidden>
> Date: 25 Mar 2004 20:34:36 -0500
> 
> Elena Zannoni <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Your proposal has a fundamental flaw.  Trusting that voting achieves
> > its purpose means to trust that people are acting fairly and that
> > everybody's opinion gets a fair chance based on technical merit.  Here
> > you are, instead, openly stating that voting is about convincing
> > people to be on your side, instead of believing that they can achieve
> > an independent opinion on their own.  In the past you have actively
> > lobbied against people behind their back, with mailing lists and
> > weekly phone conferences set up for the purpose.  You also have
> > admitted that you have personal grudges against Andrew.  Therefore I
> > definitely don't trust that voting in this community is going to be
> > fair.  I am not against voting per se, but here, I have my serious
> > doubts about it.
> 
> I'm not sure that this is a fair criticism.

I fully agree with Ian.

Elena, I think you dismiss too lightly the power of putting on our
technical hat: when we do that, any personal grudges become secondary
to our technical judgement and to the need to keep our good names in
the face of the community (which is why keeping most discussions
public is important, IMO).