From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1793394223; b=O9gx5KlnCF0/pWqCTL+lqubKn8jVoQCszJha4zJDB+TEdpAG9l4pUc9DoDlSVXBXHFq1 7VqJyOxtI/dgsrnIEtARhifcvr4VdueAv88JZaOxW963mMlf5VP2XEfDhx3P+nEyIV2Ip tvZPIE7XlX6056gWVRndMGrioBSLJHUzVwZFlsGb/s16rIpBECqlf3JtuBpJPWMfGILlO ssRmW7M4Kp3sFe4lc9fbhCslyCIo61bTO9+GfOXy22aVa5oqhDpH7EJsrF9hE2rZx5+UW BydLZ0GKcy9clci+ZF49yI6QYTfRCEgQ31+/l33/BQ1s6Cm/U6XEm5JdjQSmipISNXg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1793394223; h=DMARC-Filter:DKIM-Filter:DKIM-Signature:Received:From:To:Subject: In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=pWBCi/tuzEJ27iU/oAMJI8LVwZkT92kzJ2enVGTt6cM=; b=xus6jkDkprqcAhn3EzTp6AEAMOtL4ATf3dfzcDLwCRJO9WdMsIoDvPqTi2bgBnT7erC6 cwA36pKe3mGNwJ9f2k6jMdreXUyjmhDVdyz1RpY91F4DNvoDnybqszxuBSo3zV5S4YIRG 3YGSY8l1KpuZGRrOHpxIBqsmGjVakw7xhgehjbPUPI1UzMqx8+yKFCXxFE9F+xN3EGIft 6rw4EXheTbRNjvuRBWGW43huBmGP1HtnQnjL6o5IeUZ6dlPIEo9xoOW05La+7j87drgnh Z6aapI/o8XoQz1XMc7oYm1FYbcTCvky1ri8fKg4l1z3EV6Liwkw41jS2HaW3AoDIzHA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20201203 header.b=VEU0Uq9e; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=45.79.88.28 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 869ED606B6D3 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:03:42 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org 869ED606B6D3 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20201203 header.b=VEU0Uq9e DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 8FF3140901 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1793394216; bh=pWBCi/tuzEJ27iU/oAMJI8LVwZkT92kzJ2enVGTt6cM=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=VEU0Uq9e5dh/rF882XqQrWyCI55dzmvrrHVaXmMGnPN24nEdV+lJ8Gn4fYlMp6tuE FQkCk7CxzzlBPePwxRcCM4KB4MtGF4zgxv7bXq9Cpj+XqisLQ6B0geY8mMC092V82J JyXqBvQc3fCUEFcP50HQxD/hEeOCKxw09SuPeQzNnHLcnpEB04pyOy3nFfIhkWN174 XwSDfigZZZYY1kzioaGgMwvk73By56PhS2Syk7CjZ5SfaqdutOamyVMPmUvyXTtJGj IBfgqUHzDF8gSNxKLPsw+U/mksR4t/7JZ9SnDvwJl8irAnU/zwaMucVdJYTuBMsAYL y8HAhDz8yphJQ== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8FF3140901; Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:03:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Emily Shaffer , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: propose community voting process In-Reply-To: References: <20261021200341.378978-1-emilyshaffer@google.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:03:35 -0600 Message-ID: <871p96j3yw.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Emily Shaffer writes: > It also appears that CIVS has a hosted service (that same > civs2.civs.us) which means we wouldn't need to set up hosting > ourselves. However, we could - Konstantin Ryabitsev mentioned to me > that he thinks it would be feasible to set it up. I believe that to > use devotee we would need to set up hosting somehow ourselves. FWIW, I used CIVS to run a number of TAB elections during my time there. It always seemed like a bit of a vulnerability - depending on a free service run by an unrelated party - but we never got around to setting up anything ourselves. It's pretty straightforward if you want to run an occasional poll; I don't imagine the Git community would be voting on a lot of stuff, so setting up your own system might be overkill. CIVS does require that people sign up there before it will notify them of votes, so you would need to bug people to do that. Anyway, if anybody has any questions about using CIVS for this kind of voting, feel free to ask. Thanks, jon