Re: [boost] Boost Governance?

Dear Mateusz,

On 18. May 2021, at 09:49, Mateusz Loskot via Boost wrote:

On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 09:41, Hans Dembinski via Boost wrote:

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On 18. May 2021, at 09:22, Dominique Devienne via Boost wrote:

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 1:01 AM Mateusz Loskot via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

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- Only Charter Members can vote for proposals acting as individuals according to their individual point-of-view, wearing their personal hat for the best interest of the Boost.

Anyone should be able to vote. Those "other" votes are just non-binding, but are still tallied. To show the wider community's opinion(s).

At least that's how it works in the Apache (Java) OSS community. --DD

It is also how we review new library contributions.

In the idea sketched up earlier, I deliberately consider library review a significantly different process from making project-wide strategic decisions. An author can show up on the list out of blue and propose a library, collect support and submit for review. It is possible because libraries are reviewed purely based on technical merit.

That is different, I think.

Disclaimer: I'm not defending my proposal, which I aimed to keep brief. I'm only offering some further clarification.

I personally like your proposal. My point was that a community vote even if not binding, is useful to inform the decision-makers. There has to be a clear distinction between the binding and non-binding votes, of course, to avoid the noise you speak of.