KDE RC Authority

[Neil Stevens]

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On Thursday July 04, 2002 01:42, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 01:37:11PM -0700, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > When did a purely organizational position become an
> > executive one?
>
> It isn't.  Some people just have to take responsibility sometimes, I
> wouldn't want to be in his shoes.

What gave him the right to take that responsibility, though?  And what 
would make his responsibility override the responsibilty of someone else 
deciding to import an app?

Having the right to take responsibility for a decision at will *is* an 
executive position.  It's just like how some governments work - the 
legislature (the mailing lists) make proposals, and the executive (the RC) 
gets to sign or veto the proposals.

And our executive is totally unelected.
>
> > It's been said that many KDE developers would fork KDE if an executive
> > layer like the KDE Foundation were placed on top of KDE, making
> > decisions about release.  So why should an unelected RC get to make
> > decisions we woudln't trust an elected board to make?
>
> Did he?
> Can you really claim that any actions our RC has done were not for the
> betterment of KDE and the community?

Yes I can.  For any one individual to make a matter of taste a policy of 
KDE, choosing one app or another, contradicts KDE's stated behaviors, and 
its history.

> If the releases had to be done according to the way you would want it
> would the community be better off?  Are you actually doing us a service
> with these discussions?

I think I am doing something valuable.  I'm trying to keep the decisions 
actually being made here, instead of being made by self-appointed 
individuals trying to force their tastes on everyone.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding
because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they
have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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