[Axiom-developer] ChangeLog on Silver

[daly]

Martin,

And since you're so into "standards" I'm unaware of a GNU
(or any other project) run as a democracy. 

My anger will be dismissed as the complaints of "the one who lost"
but that will certainly miss the point. The format of the changelog
file is not a problem, the method of handling the voting is.

You've threatened and complained, shouted and screamed about how this
should be a democracy. I gave it considerable thought and had many
off-list discussions about the whole democracy idea. Now I see that it
is complete nonsense. Gaby decides, Gaby changes.  And yet, according
to your rules, there is supposed to be time for people to express
their opinion. I can't measure the time between the message post and
the change but it is not sufficient for objection or voting.  It seems
to me that it is up to you to enforce such rules. Yet you don't.

I'm angry because I wasted days of people's time off-list in discussion
of what is a reasonable response to your demands. The general consensus
was that if I don't give it a try then this will be viewed at "Tim's
Project". My counter-argument that every other project seems to have
a lead developer seemed like I was being stubborn, "sticking to
convention" (e.g. standards), and being "inflexible". 

Now, after wasting all of this time, I find you're doing nothing at
all to even attempt democracy. 

You want the authority but you don't live up to the responsibility.

Tim