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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] Safe Casting Functions
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> 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

You could register that fact by not voting. Why there should be a record
that particular person has no idea what to vote for?

> 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.

If there are people too busy to vote but interested in the topic, then
they could ask to extend the vote or postpone if - if there are enough
such people, I do not see why anybody would deny such request. If people
are too busy to even communicate - then I'm not sure what there is to be
done about it. I'm not sure how "quorum" would help - say, there is no
"quorum" - so what we do? Just not vote until... what happens? Hold
indefinitely long votes? Repeat votes until arbitrary threshold is
passed and then argue if that was "accidental" or "gamed" or anything
else? I'm not sure it would be better than holding a straight vote.
-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com