I believe that most debian developers ignore discussions of possible general resolutions like the current one, until/unless they look like reaching the required number of seconds to trigger a vote.
It’s hard to prove that a group is ignoring something, but disproof is simple: please could all DDs who watch pre-proposal discussions of possible GRs please email mjr-possiblegr at debian.org. I’ll count with from -f possiblegr.mbox | wc -l in a week or so, after filtering out any emails from non-DDs.
Feel free to ask other debian developers to email if they watch reasonably likely places (planet, non-technical lists, …) for pre-proposal discussions of possible GRs. Please don’t spam debian-devel or announce lists about it, unless you’re expecting future possible GRs to be sent there. I’d welcome a quick comment if you post it anywhere.
If you can see a way to prove that a group is ignoring something, let me know. I realise that failing to disprove this isn’t the same as proving the opposite, but I think it would still be useful.
Well… To prove whether they read a GR in its pre-GR phases, you can propose a GR, say:
[ ] I tend to propose GRs
[ ] I tend to participate in drafting GRs
[ ] I tend to skim GR discussions
[ ] I tend to look at the threads once the vote is formally announced
[ ] I tend to vote based exclusively in the vote page/mail text
[ ] I don’t vote
[ ] Further discussion
[ ] No, no matter what
I think that has far too many things requiring interpretation by the secretary! Like does “participate in drafting GRs” include proposing amendments?