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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC votes no longer visible
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)



On 06/01/14 16:24, Nikita Popov wrote:
> I can see where this comes from (avoid herd effect?), but I don't think
> it's a good idea. I can't even see votes on my own RFCs, so I don't know
> how things are going and if there are still issues. Also this prevents the
> "vote reason" column that was suggested in several recent discussions. That
> would seem like a much more valuable change than just removing the votes.

I really don't like this. This isn't politics or elections, this is PHP. 
We have completely open mailing list discussions, where you can see 
people's opinions. I see no reason to hide people's votes. Secret 
ballots are useful where privacy is particularly important. I don't see 
why this is really desirable here, considering we do *everything else* 
in the open!

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Andrea Faulds
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