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Subject: constitution.txt: revise odd language -- "K Developers"... "not
integers"
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Package: doc-debian
Version: 3.0.2
Severity: wishlist
There's some odd language in '/usr/share/doc/debian/constitution.txt':
1 A resolution or amendment is introduced if proposed by any Developer
2 and sponsored by at least K other Developers...
...and the number 'K' is later defined, in part, as follows:
3 Q and K need not be integers and are not rounded.
This implies fractional Developers. In line #2 above the author must
have meant an integer, (or rather a natural number -- there aren't any
negative numbers of Developers), but saying "at least" leaves room for
doubt, especially since line #3 says K isn't rounded!
Example: suppose K=4.4; but by line #3 'K' is not rounded, (if it were we'd
know a quorum would be at least 5, or 4.4 rounded up), and if it's not
rounded then .4 of a Developer means who knows what.
For line #3 I suggest changing 'integers' to 'natural numbers' or 'whole
numbers', and 'and are not rounded' to 'and are rounded up when counting
people, but not when counting votes.' ...or something to the same
effect.
(Of course we all know a Constitution is by design not as easy to amend
as a garden variety typo. Difficulty shouldn't justify errors though.)
Hope this helps us become wholly impartial.
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Subject: There was nothing in the reopen message to demostrate a bug exists
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Hi,
Indeed, the reopen message is a long, rambling rant on how he
disagrees in principle with the Andrew Suffeild.
If you do find anything substantive to add to the report,
please do so. The BTS is not a place to play personalities.
The other reason to close this report is that the doc debian
package can't itself do anything to fix this supposed flaw; it has no
authority to modify the constitution. If the constitution needs to be
changed, a constitutional amendment is going to be required; until
thien this bug can be closed on the grounds that the package is
distributing the constitution as it stands today.
I am closing this report again, pending any evidence of a
real flaw.
manoj
--
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible." A Yale University
management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing
reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal
Express Corp.)
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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