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

[Elena Zannoni]

Eli Zaretskii writes:
 > > 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).

Well, you agree with me then, that if the discussions are kept public
we are ok. If not, we are in trouble. And I hope you are right when
you say that what I anticipate happening, based on past history, won't
repeat itself. That is what I am worried about.