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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Voting irregularities
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> theory" cries despite Anthony's statement above. As I've already
> indicated, and being a Yes voter, I'm sort of dubious about even my
> own voting rights, and votes of my nature have previously been called
> out as a bad thing by people on both sides of the RFC.

If you think you're not informed enough or not in position, or don't
have opinion about something - it's ok not to vote, it's not mandatory
:) Of course, now not voting is declared suspicious so who knows, but
there's absolutely no shame in abstaining if one doesn't feel ready to
take a position. Having the opportunity to vote, of course, is quite a
different matter.

On a more broad note, if people are really dissatisfied with voting,
let's look for alternatives. But I personally would like to see a bit
more of a positive program. I mean, ok, voting is not good as currently
done. So who you think should be voting? Only engine committers? Only
PHP source committers? Only Chosen People, chosen by TBD process? Or
should we get rid of voting and do what instead?
I am far from claiming current process is ideal, and I had my deal of
frustrations by it. But so far I don't see anything that would be
clearly better, both from process and from legitimacy side. Do you?
-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com