Re: Discussing issues

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, dan carpenter wrote:

> On Tuesday 15 April 2003 06:30 am, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > > for the board. The alternative was to define in some way a "large
> > > enough" contribution.
> >
> >    What's the matter with defining "large enough" to be "has made
> > significant contributions over many years"?  That sounds like as
> 
> That's a good spot to start bargaining.  Let's change "many years" to "last 
> three months".  I know I don't qualify under that metric but I'm willing to 
> work three months for a vote.

   I don't see why there should be any bargaining about it.  I
personally don't think someone who has contributed to a project for
a mere three months should have much say in anything.  It makes it
too easy for people to take the position lightly if they haven't
worked hard enough for it.  

> > good a metric as any, perhaps better than all others.  Though I can
> > pretty much guarantee you that by that definition the vote would
> > leave pretty much all of the current board and core intact.
> >
> 
> It has never been clear to me what purpose the core (as seperate from the 
> commiters) served.

   Not much in terms of official duties.


			Mark.