Le Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:00:57AM +0100, Ansgar a écrit : > Hi, > > the Constitution has several supermajority requirements that seem > excessive to me: > > Constitution changes: > > +--- > | 4.1.2: Amend this constitution, provided they agree with a 3:1 majority. > | [...] > | 5.1.5.3: A Foundation Document requires a 3:1 majority for its > supersession. [...] > +--- > > Constitutional changes to my country's constitution only require a 2:1 > majority. A 3:1 majority seems excessive for that reason and I would > suggest to change both of these to 2:1 for that reason. > > I think a supermajority is fine for changing fundamental rules, so more > than a simple majority is okay.
Note that so far in almost no cases a GR failed due to the supermajority requirement. So it is difficult to read your proposal without thinking you have ulterior motives, that maybe you should communicate ? But note, Debian is not a country, we are free to join other similar floss groups with or without leaving Debian. The Foundation Documents are about the only things that all DD are supposed to agree with. Changing is likely to alienate some of them (and it did in the past) so they deserve some protection, just not to racture the project. Cheers, Bill
