LWN: Comments on "Gentoo: New release, "new" leadership"

Gentoo: New release, "new" leadership

Duncan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:02:50 +0000

The image shows up now, but what caught my attention was the "suppressed 
zero".  The difference looks pretty dramatic until you note that the range 
is 115 to 150, so the variance in actual number of votes cast per year 
wasn't anything like it looks.  I initially wondered what had caused what 
appears at first glance to be a falloff (and reappearance this year) of 
perhaps an order of magnitude in interest, until I noted the range didn't 
extend to zero, so the graph was effectively of the delta, not of the 
absolute numbers.

Donnie, you could have at /least/ mentioned the suppressed zero, warning 
people that the magnitude as graphed therefore was not of the absolute 
number of votes each year, but rather, of the relative change between 
years.

Duncan

Gentoo: New release, "new" leadership

roelofs — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:20:34 +0000

The 145 voters approach the highest number ever in a council electionhere's how it compares with previous years:
Voter turnout

Er...obviously the image ("/images/votes.png") isn't where you thought it was. So where is it, really? :-)

Greg

Gentoo: New leaders that are both technically strong and work well with others

speedster1 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:31:13 +0000

> Of particular interest is the position of "astinus," a developer who retired during the
election but was still voted above three other people. Since these three people all favor
ignorance of any social issues from someone with good technical contributions, this really
shows how strongly the Gentoo development community supports the the creation of a friendlier
environment.

That's an interesting observation. Donnie's conclusion also happens to be true, for my vote at
least. I was quite happy with the election results; this should be a good year for Gentoo :)