Re: Reaffirm public voting (original) (raw)

I know Holger's and Bill's proposed options are prone to change and merge, but I'll say it now and probably reaffirm it later:

I second this option.

While I prefer Harlan's, it has failed to gain sponsors, and I don't want to risk the complete loss of public votes in Debian. I think the status quo (all votes are public except for DPL votes) is much better than the other proposals.

Holger Levsen dijo [Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:42:51AM +0000]:

Reaffirm public voting

Since we can either have secret and intransparent voting, or we can have open and transparent voting, the project resolves to leave our voting system as it is.

Rationale:

The GR proposal for secret voting is silent on implenentation details, probably because secret and transparent voting is, well, impossible to achieve fully, so this GR is bound to a similar fate as the 'publish debian-private' vote, which was voted for and then was never implemented.

A voting system which is transparent only to some, is undemocratic and will lead to few people in the know, which is diagonal to Debians goals of openness and transparency.

And then, early 2022 is not the time for rushed changes like this, which is also why I explicitly want to see "keep the status quo" on the ballot, and not only as "NOTA", but as a real option.

I'm seeking sponsors for this amendment to the current GR.

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