On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:41:13PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > "provided /they/ were appointed"
>
> This is still pending, and noted in BUGS. I agree this is as a potential
> problem, at least if you look at it from a paranoid angle. I find your
> suggested wording not immediate, though, and I wonder if a/ someone else
> has better suggestion, and b/ whether this is worth fixing.
Maybe this:
diff --git a/constitution.txt.new b/constitution.txt.new
index 96245cf..fb5ac4a 100644
--- a/constitution.txt.new
+++ b/constitution.txt.new
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@
remove or replace an existing member of the Technical Committee.
7. Term limit:
1. Membership of the Technical Committee is automatically
- reviewed on the 1st of January of each year. At this time, the
- terms of the 2 most senior members automatically expire
- provided they were appointed at least four and a half years
- (54 months) ago.
+ reviewed on the 1st of January of each year. At this time,
+ the terms of the 2 most senior members who were most
+ recently appointed at least 54 months ago automatically
+ expire.
2. A member of the Technical Committee is said to be more senior
than another if they were appointed earlier, or were appointed
at the same time and have been a member of the Debian Project
--
2.1.1
Also, one of the things that would also be nice to fix is to make the
max number of CTTE members 9 instead of 8, to avoid the casting vote
problem when the CTTE is full.
I don't believe that we should force the CTTE to have an odd number,
because that is complicated, and may not be worth the effort, either.
This patch is simple, but:
diff --git a/constitution.txt.new b/constitution.txt.new
index 96245cf..85f0043 100644
--- a/constitution.txt.new
+++ b/constitution.txt.new
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@
6.2. Composition
- 1. The Technical Committee consists of up to 8 Developers, and should
+ 1. The Technical Committee consists of up to 9 Developers, and should
usually have at least 4 members.
- 2. When there are fewer than 8 members the Technical Committee may
+ 2. When there are fewer than 9 members the Technical Committee may
recommend new member(s) to the Project Leader, who may choose
(individually) to appoint them or not.
3. When there are 5 members or fewer the Technical Committee may
--
2.1.1
But if this is at all controversial, then we can put this forward later.
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