On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 09:18:41PM +0000, Matthew Woodcraft wrote: > Suppose a package breaks horribly, and a developer submits a bug report > with a proposed fix A. The package's maintainer says she won't implement > A, and proposes fix B. The submitter doesn't like B, and the question > ends up being assigned to the technical committee. > > All members of the committee believe that both A and B are fine > solutions, and feel no need for further discussion (D). They vote > sincerely: > > 4 A B D > 3 B A D > > Should this situation be treated as satisfying the 3:1 majority > requirement for the committee to overrule the maintainer?
In this case, all committee members have agreed that it's OK to overrule the maintainer. If you're concerned about the B A D votes... anyone who thought that the maintainer should not have been overruled should have voted that D is better than A. -- Raul