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I don't think it's about infighting. Debian's constitution says the Debian Developers may vote to publish "position statements about issues of the day", and so

• chomp 5y ago
  It’s not, GP seems to have a Debian axe to grind. The secret voting came from the Stallman vote issue, not from infighting. People wanted a way to vote non-publically in certain circumstances, but the constitution did not allow for this.
• incomingpain 5y ago
  >I don't think it's about infighting. Maybe I used the wrong word? Another comment also disagrees. infighting: Prolonged and often bitter dissension or rivalry among members of a group or organization. Example: Bureaucratic infighting. >Debian's constitution says the Debian Developers may vote to publish "position statements about issues of the day", and some developers want to use those for the sort of political statement that might make people angry with them. I would agree that they used to have a requirement for transparency and this change is an affront to the community. The problem or reason why this is changing is the real big deal. They have a mass developer exodus. People don't feel safe having a public vote anymore. This is because they fear retribution. That is infighting.