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Re: Gui criticism

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 5, 2009, 20:41 UTC
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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
> Also, the main action to do in this system should be "vote", that's
> the action that should be fast.

Actually I do not think you would want that, especially as a moderator (I am assuming that you would be self-appointing to be one). What will you do to help a "broad, vague, and infeasible idea" forward when it gets many votes?

That is why I prefer a system that requires substance when voicing an opinion ("Yes I like the solution because in addition to the original problem description it will also help this use case"), and it also is the reason I tend to ignore e-mails that only say "+1" on this list.

In other words, this is not a democracy, and you do not necessarily want a democracy that is prone to populism.

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  1. Ram RachumDec 5, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberDec 5, 2009
  3. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2009
  4. Martin LanghoffDec 5, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2009
  6. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2009
  8. Marco CostalbaDec 8, 2009

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