From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: ~bzg/woof@lists.sr.ht
Subject: [RFE] Re: [BUG] Vote counting for requests
In-Reply-To: <87cz7tgwaz.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Thu, 05
	Jan 2023 09:33:40 +0000")
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Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:58:56 +0100
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Definitely not a bug, probably a request for enhancement (RFE).

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> What does 0/2 refer to?

It means "0 persons in favor vs. 2 persons in favor".

> Among the 3 emails in the thread, you wrote "A strong +1", which is
> clearly not counted for. 

Votes are like other triggers: they start at the beginning of a line.

> Then, Tim replied not voting at all (neither +1
> nor -1 are in his message, except the quote).

Such messages don't change the vote at all.

- +1 would change 0/2 to 1/3
- -1 would change 0/2 to 0/3
  
> Should votes field instead display +X/-X only displaying actual
> counted votes?

I'm not sure this is really more intuitive.

0/10 clearly says: nobody on ten votes want this.
5/10 clearly says: half voters want it, half voters don't.
1/10 clearly says: only one expressed vote want it.

So the poll would be: do you prefer -2/+3 over 3/5?

-- 
 Bastien