On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 16:40 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Transparency means asking for feedback BEFORE writing the policy. The
sooner
you involve the community, the better. Putting out a policy as "take it or
leave it", or worse "take it, you have to, we voted it through already" is
not transparent.
Oft times asking for feedback without having a proposal in hand leads to
rampant speculation and overreaction. (See this thread) Having
something of a proposal already written helps those who are giving
feedback have a clear idea of the intention and at least some of the
mechanics of how such a proposal would work, rather than letting every
maintainer try to imagine it and come to their own conclusions, which
may be wildly off base.
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Jesse Keating
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