I also believe that the +2 threshold should initially be a tentative
one, subject to later review by the RSB. The ultimate goal, IMHO,
should be an improvement to the overall happiness of the developer
community.

I can envision a cultural divide where a simple +2 threshold leads to a
nearly 50/50 split of the community - with the result being increasingly
hardened battle-lines and all the negative results that implies.

The answer, however, likely won't be known until a point in time weeks
if not months after this experiment is put to the test. Therefore a
previously agreed upon ability to change the threshold allows the rules
to be tweaked in order to best achieve the goal.
Received on 2010-10-11