On 23/05/14 at 09:42 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 08:32 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > On 22/05/14 at 10:14 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 03:56:26PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > > We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected > > > > to the suggestion that the DPL, rather than the TC chairman, should > > > > have a casting vote in TC decisions. > > > > > > > I'm therefore intending to roll this up into my TC GR(s). > > > > > > I don't recall seeing this discussion. I don't agree that this is a good > > > structural change, for similar reasons to Tollef. > > > > Same here. > > > > Additionally: > > 1/ it would feel quite strange if the DPL suddenly had to dig > > deeply into a controversial issue at the end of the voting period, > > without taking part in the earlier technical discussion. > > > > 2/ the DPL is not chosen using the same criteria as the TC members, and > > we may very well have a DPL that is not trusted by the project for > > his/her technical skills. So it would mean turning a technical decision > > into a political one. > > > > 3/ a recent GR (the code of conduct one) showed that Developers were not > > big fans of the idea of deferring out-of-the-usual-scope decisions to > > the DPL. > > The solution is simple: Have an odd number of members in the TC. Then no > casting vote is needed at all.
No, one can rank two options at the same level. Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140523075233.ga20...@xanadu.blop.info