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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 12:01:11 -0400
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To: Joe Watkins <krakjoe@gmail.com>
Cc: Niklas Keller <me@kelunik.com>, PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Abolish Short Votes
From: chasepeeler@gmail.com (Chase Peeler)

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On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 3:41 AM Joe Watkins <krakjoe@gmail.com> wrote:

> Morning Niklas,
>
> Allowing the extension of voting leaves us open to someone extending the
> voting period simply because they don't feel like they have the result th=
ey
> wanted.
>
> The problem we're trying to solve is votes that are too short, while
> providing the flexibility to have longer votes, but we need to know at th=
e
> start of voting what the voting period is going to be. Take for example t=
he
> case where a third party to an RFC is planning some work based on the
> results of the voting, it doesn't seem fair that their schedule could be
> interfered with by the first party after voting starts.
>
> In the vast majority of cases where someone forgets or isn't aware of a
> holiday period, they are going to be told on day one of voting (if not
> before, during discussion), and can simply adjust the voting period, and
> restart the vote (if there has been any votes at the first interjection)
> without having lost any time.
>
> First, I don't even have a vote. Second, I'd be ambivalent about the
ability to extend voting even if I did. A compromise between the two
positions could be to allow voting to be extended ONCE, and only within the
first X% of the voting period. So, if someone calls for a 14 day voting
period, within the first 7 days they can extend it at most one time, and it
can never be extended after the first 7 days.

Also, if you are going to be updating the language anyway, why not specify
that an exact date and time be given for when voting will end. I think most
people already do this - but this would codify it and prevent the
possibility of ambiguity in the future.


> Cheers
> Joe
>
> On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 08:19, Niklas Keller <me@kelunik.com> wrote:
>
> > Resend, because sent from the wrong address previously.
> >
> > +1, but it should probably be possible to extend the voting period once
> > started, but not shorten it. This allows for extension during holidays =
in
> > case the author didn't think about that when starting the vote.
> >
> > Regards, Niklas
> >
> > Joe Watkins <krakjoe@php.net> schrieb am Do., 21. M=C3=A4rz 2019, 19:20=
:
> >
> > > Evening internals,
> > >
> > > I'd like to raise for discussion another minor, self contained change
> to
> > > the voting RFC:
> > >
> > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/abolish-short-votes
> > >
> > > This seems like another no-brainer to improve and clarify the voting
> > > process. As with abolishing narrow margins, I'm focused on this one
> > detail
> > > and wider discussion of how we may improve other parts of the voting
> RFC
> > is
> > > not appropriate in this thread: We either have a consensus that this
> > detail
> > > should be changed or we don't, we do not need to discuss any other
> > details
> > > here.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Joe
> > >
> >
>
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