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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Anonymous voting on wiki
From: php@dennis.birkholz.biz (Dennis Birkholz)

Am 10.01.2016 um 11:20 schrieb Lester Caine:
> The debate on Anonymous voting has been voted on already?
> 
> From my own point of view, I like to know who supports and who opposes a
> particular RFC simply because I can't vote myself. It helps me to decide
> if I need to look deeper into the RFC or if I can rely on those with
> voting rights that I trust to get it right. We should not have to hide
> our views so the idea that anonymity is a right is part of the problem
> in the modern world? Part of the reason for now needing a CoC?

I would really like to understand the rational behind anonymous voting
in the PHP internals context. Votes for RFCs should be purely based on
technical reasons and whether the language change would benefit the
language in the long run or not. I see no reason why such a vote should
be confidential. If a person does not stand behind his/her opinion for a
technical change, I am not sure if that person should be allowed to
decide the future of the language. These votes are not about religious
believes, the politic attitude or something else personal. But it may be
preferable to hide the Person<->Vote table until the vote is over. That
would provide protection against harassment to win someone over and
change his/her vote.

I can understand that if an RFC came to pass to ban someone, this is no
longer a technical vote and here anonymity would be preferable IMHO.

Greets,
Dennis