Greg Hogan writes: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM Noé Lopez wrote: >> >> Christopher Howard writes: >> It seems like you are not a member of any team. This means you are not >> eligible to vote on the GCD. > > Where is this documented? Perhaps we should better distinguish votes > by deliberating members. Apache "PMC members have formally binding > votes, but in general communities encourage all their members to vote, > even if their votes are only advisory" > [https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html]. > I am not a native english speaker, so a difference between eligibile and deliberating member was not what I was trying to point out, it seems the example you provide is similar to our GCD process. The GCD process can be found at . Here is the related paragraph: >The *deliberation period* starts when the authors publish a final version >of the GCD at `info-guix@gnu.org`. Anyone who is a team member is a >deliberating member and is encouraged to contribute to the deliberation. >> In any case, please explain your rationale for disapproval. To quote the >> GCD process: >> >> >Thus, no decision is made against significant concerns; these concerns are >> >actively resolved through counter proposals. A deliberating member >> >disapproving a proposal bears a responsibility for finding alternatives, >> >proposing ideas or code, or explaining the rationale for the status quo. > > This "finding alternatives, proposing ideas or code, or explaining the > rationale for the status quo" is the discussion period. I do agree > that summarizing one's viewpoints (and how these issues went > unaddressed) when voting for "disapproval" is worthwhile ("withdrawal > does not necessarily equate with rejection; it could mean that more > discussion and thought is needed before ideas in the GCD are accepted > by the community"). > Agreed, though it is not specified that the quoted paragraph refers only to the discussion period. It is part of a section on consensus based decision making, which applies to the whole GCD process and Guix in general. Have a nice day, Noé