Re: bugzilla voting

[Scott Robert Ladd <coyote at coyotegulch dot com>]

Per Abrahamsen wrote:
> Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM> writes:
> > If it is turned on, we need to be sure that expectations are set correctly
> > ("Mommy, they fixed Johnny's bug, even though Billy had more votes!
> > Unfair!  I'm telling RMS!").
>
> Does this ever happen for Mozilla, or for other projects with bugzilla
> voting enabled?

Such complainst arise often in the Java world all the time; people vote 
for bugs, and then Sun often ignore the votes in selecting what to fix 
or add. Many critical bugs (not feature requests) have high vote counts 
but lack action from Sun.

I would like to see a voting system, so long as there are reasonable 
assurances that the vote has some value. I don't expect the tyranny of 
the commons to drive every decision by the SC or release manager -- I 
would, however, want to see respect for the desires of the user community.

..Scott

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