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To: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] Safe Casting Functions
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)


> On 26 Nov 2014, at 23:00, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
>> So far only 15 people have voted, that=E2=80=99s very low for this =
kind of RFC.
>>=20
>> I=E2=80=99m tempted to extend voting for another week. It=E2=80=99s =
not likely to
>> change the outcome, but it would hopefully mean more people vote.
>=20
> I don't know if it would make a difference here, but I wonder if it =
would be sensible to add an "abstain" option in votes? That way, someone =
who has considered an RFC but not formed a strong opinion either way =
could register that fact. This could even be paired with the notion of a =
"quorum", i.e. a minimum vote count demonstrating that the outcome of =
the vote is not the accidental result of "missing" votes, say because =
several people happened to be on holiday or busy.

That sounds like a very good idea to me, I, for one, would be happy if =
this was implemented.

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Andrea Faulds
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