Voting process for PEP 308 (was: PEP 308: Alternative conditional operator forms)

[David LeBlanc]

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> I'm really inclined toward Andrew Koenig's suggestion for "approval
> voting," where every conceivable option (including one for "I want no
> change") is listed, and voters are encouraged to vote for as many or as
> few as they wish.  Not only does this reduce everything to one vote, but
> it allows people to vote for multiple syntaxes they would accept, and
> even allows for the ability to vote for things like, "Well, I really
> don't want it, but if we _have_ to have it, I'd want _this_ syntax."
> And, for the abstainers, you could simply not select any choices.

I'd be inclinded towards a 3 phase vote: initial to weed out candidates,
final to select "the" winner and third where Guido vetoes it ;)

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> I'm slightly concerned with Aahz -- who it seems that people have
> accepted as the votetaker even though it hasn't really been discussed --
> being so hostile to the proposal from the very beginning.  I'm more
> concerned with the voting _process_ that he initially proposed, which
> seemed (to me) very specifically designed to undermine the PEP passing
> (he seemed to acknowledge my objections, but I didn't get a good
> indication whether or not that actually changed the way he intended to
> conduct the vote).  I am, however, downright terrified of his threats of
> voting against the proposal (votetaker or not) based on the actions of a
> third party.  Someone who is threatening to vote one way or the other
> simply out of spite should _not_ be involved with a votetaking process
> of any kind, in my (perhaps not so) humble opinion.

I have confidence in Aahz's integrity.

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Dave LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA