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"Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" <jmbsvicetto@g.o> posted |
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4A4D97D5.10407@g.o, excerpted below, on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:32:05 |
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> I have a few ideas about this that I'll have to put in writing and share |
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> later, but let me start by proposing that for such a change we require |
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> the support of at least 2/3 of the devs that vote *and* a minimum of 1/3 |
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> of all devs. |
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> By requiring the support of at least 1/3 of all devs, we can ensure that |
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> it won't be possible to have extreme events as getting a policy change |
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> approved by > 90% of the voting devs which happen to represent < 10% of |
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> all devs. OTOH, requiring 2/3 of the voting devs might prove to be to |
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> hard in an election with a high turnout - afaicr we didn't have > 60% |
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> turnout in any election in at least the last 2 years. |
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I don't believe that's workable. See for instance the issues getting the |
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Gentoo Foundation's bylaws approved. A 2/3 super-majority of voting devs |
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is fine, but the 1/3 of total devs requirement can be problematic, given |
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that some devs simply aren't interested in politics enough to vote at |
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all, ever. We don't want to be in the situation the Foundation was in. |
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Now, if the total devs requirement was much lower, say 10%, then maybe, |
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but if we're going that low, is it even worth bothering? |
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So I'd say keep it to a 2/3 super-majority of voting devs, and leave it |
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at that. If people don't what 2/3 of say a 10 % voting minority decided, |
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well, they should have voted. (And if /enough/ people don't like it, |
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have another vote and undo it.) |
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For much the same reasons, tho, I favor the council super-majority idea. |
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Certainly, a simple majority changing what is effectively Gentoo's |
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constitution is distressingly unstable, but 5/7 is 71%, and if no more |
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than two council members can be found to oppose a move that needs to be |
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stopped, we're in trouble, regardless. Plus, they ran for the job, so |
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can be considered to be politically active enough to actually vote, |
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unlike devs in the general case. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |