Holger Levsen writes ("Re: GR: Selecting the default init system for Debian"):
> care to explain why you think so?Russ has given an answer which I agree with. But more fundamentally for me: if the project as a whole votes to overrule the TC on this question, but by a constitutionally insufficient margin, then I worry that the TC's decision would lack political legitimacy within the project. That would risk a lack of wholehearted cooperation from the project as a whole, erode the authority of the TC, and invite further discussion of the subject. > I do think its a useful requirement to avoid $adjective GRs like > this one (or at least make them harder). In practice I think that the developers as a whole are mature enough to take that into consideration in the way they vote. Bdale asked me in private email why I had changed my mind on this point since I drafted that part of the constitution. Here's what I said: I'm not sure whether I would agree that the 2:1 supermajority is always wrong. Russ's scenario seems a good [example of a problem with it] to me, so perhaps I'm older and wiser. To be honest when the constitution was being discussed I don't remember anyone considering this point. But in this particular case the situation seems especially difficult. It's certainly clear that the whole thing is very politically charged. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21212.22045.29176.529...@chiark.greenend.org.uk
