On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 02:21:32PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 02:35:21PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > > On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 11:27:23AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 05:54:38AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > I have been following the discussion from bits here, from > > > > planet.debian.net and misc sources. I appreciate the effort that goes > > > > into making Debian but I wish that it could be a bit pragmatic and > > > > just temporarity suspend the issues relating to the most recent update > > > > to the social contract and release the debian-installer and sarge and > > > > let the world see the great stuff that has been brewing in the debian > > > > laboratories. > > > > > > http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004 > > > > I'm worried about the many alternative choices in this vote. Suppose 4:1 > > voters agree that the new social contract should be delayed so that > > sarge can be released, but some think that it should be september, 1st, > > some that sarge could take longer so do it after the release, some want > > sarge released with a special notice saying the social contract changes > > are ignored for this release etc. and none of the choices will get a 3:1 > > majority. That way sarge will not be released before 2005 whereas 4:1 > > people wanted it to. > > Am I seeing things wrongly? I certainly hope so. > > You're missing something, yes. The constitution only requires that the > winning option has a 3:1 majority over "Further Discussion", not over > every other option. It's not a problem. > > (I had to check on this myself when proposing an amendment, though.)
I'm glad to hear it, thanks! David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]