se discussions themselves, but as
regular developers, often deferring to an area maintainer who has more
expertise.  Only when it is clear that no consensus can be reached,
and that most of the group <span class="emphasis"><em>wants</em></span> someone to guide
the decision so that development can move on, do they put their foot
down and say "This is the way it's going to be."  Reluctance to make
decisions by fiat is a trait shared by virtually all successful
benevolent dictators; it is one of the reasons t