Re: [Gdbheads] proposed change to GDB maintainership rules

[Michael Snyder]

Jim Blandy wrote:

> Tyranny is a better method exactly when the tyrant is good at
> synthesizing the different concerns people raise, finding common
> ground, and building a consensus around the solution.  In other words,
> tyranny works when the tyrant is able to have the effects I've
> attributed above to voting: encouraging people to make persuasive
> arguments and look for compromises, and discouraging simple
> heel-digging.  But if the tyrant is part of the problem, instead of
> being a facilitator, things go very poorly.

Tyranny, ironically, requires consensus.  People have to agree
to accept the tyrant's authority.  When someone tries to take on
such authority and people don't like it, you get rebellion.