[python-committers] Vote to promote Stéphane Wirtel as a core dev

[Giampaolo Rodola']

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 7:45 PM Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
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> We discussed this and we think an anonymous vote on discuss.python.org is probably best for this sort of thing.
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> Victor, did you want to do the poll or would you prefer I set it up?

(just my 2 cents unrelated from this specific nomination per se)
I agree that when voting for *people* (core-devs, Steering Council
members, etc.) the vote should be private because it leads to a more
neutral and honest outcome. Publicly voting "no" has a higher cost
both for the voter and the candidate: voters may be tempted to vote
"yes" or abstain just to not look bad or cause antipathy. Anonymous
preference is a way to exclude the human factor and promote quality.
That's how it's done in real life and has been done for the Steering
Council elections, so I think we should do the same for core-dev
nominations, and possibly also incarnate this in a PEP. It would be
nice if such a PEP would encourage the person who proposes the
nomination to provide a detailed description of the candidate (links
to main past contributions, candidate's areas of interest, GIT
statistics, etc.), so that the voters can express a better preference.
On the other hand, I think votes for technical decisions (if any) are
better if kept public, and possibly always accompained by a reason
(otherwise abstention is better).

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