On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 04:54:41AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > On 6 August 2013 20:19, Lukas Fleischer <archli...@cryptocrack.de> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 01:12:32PM +0200, Sébastien Luttringer wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Lukas Fleischer > >> <archli...@cryptocrack.de> wrote: > >> > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 08:24:20AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > >> >> On 6 August 2013 05:53, Lukas Fleischer <archli...@cryptocrack.de> > >> >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Any other opinions? > >> Yes, we should drop completely the active statement. > > This requires a separate proposal.
Of course. We are just trying to make sure nobody raises immediate objections before submitting a new patch and restarting the whole discussion process. I will resubmit a new proposal tomorrow. > [...] > > I didn't think of it like that but I tend to agree now... Does anybody > > disagree? > > +0 The hypothetical one-TU-rules-all case has been brought up before, > but I can't cite any discussion or conclusion. It is not just the one-TU-rules-all case. As Sébastien already mentioned, establishing a quorum means that the result is representative among all eligible voters. It doesn't just mean that enough TUs who happen to be online at the right time care. > > > Anyway, we still need to find a way to count the total number of TUs. > > That number needs to be recorded at some point of time during the vote. > > The total number of TUs is a recorded statistic in the AUR, AFAICS. Or > are you referring to something else? The total number of TUs isn't fixed. It changes from time to time and it might change during a SVP. I agree that it is a rare case but why not find a proper way to handle that while we're talking about it... > [...] > * Record active at start, add newly active, ignore newly inactive, > ignore newly added, ignore newly removed So we're ignoring the fact that adding/removing a TU during the SVP distorts the results? Because it is a corner case? > > > What do you think? > > I think we need more opinions. Xyne? Anyway, if anyone's looking for > some bylaw amendment history: Agreed. Added Xyne to Cc. > > https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2007-December/000127.html > https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-December/012196.html > https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-December/012534.html > [...]