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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 04:25:39 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Is it fair that people with no karma can vote on RFCs?
From: kalle@php.net (Kalle Sommer Nielsen)

2014-09-20 3:29 GMT+02:00 Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>:
> Hi!
>
> Perhaps I=E2=80=99m being unfair and overthinking things, but I wonder if=
 it is really fair for people who have no karma, i.e. not contributors to t=
he documentation, extensions, php-src or anything else, to have the ability=
 to vote on RFCs?
>
> I=E2=80=99d never suggest people without internals karma can=E2=80=99t vo=
te. I think doc and peck contributors are as valued as any other contributo=
rs. However, people with no karma whatsoever (a blank people.php.net page) =
voting irks me.
>
> Thoughts?

I'm with you on this one, huge +1 for the separation on who can vote
and changing the voting rfc.


--=20
regards,

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
kalle@php.net