Bug#636783: minimum discussion period

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
I would like to present an improved proposal for a minimum TC discussionn period, which will allow the committee to move quickly when there is consensus (at least, procedural consensus) within the committee: * Constitution 6.3(1), delete - There is no minimum discussion period; and repla

Bug#636783: supermajority bug

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Bug#636783: supermajority bug"): > Ian Jackson writes: > > The fix to the constitutional supermajority bug has been delayed > > rather. Sorry about that. I have drafted what I think is an > > implementation of our conclusions here and in the TC. > > > Opinions welcome. >

Bug#746715: Init system fallout draft resolution

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Here is the resolution text that I think we agreed at the last meeting. I formally propose this text: The issue of init system support recently came to the Technical Committee's attention again.[1] For the record, the TC expects maintainers to continue to support the multiple ava

Bug#636783: supermajority bug

2014-06-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Jackson writes: > The fix to the constitutional supermajority bug has been delayed > rather. Sorry about that. I have drafted what I think is an > implementation of our conclusions here and in the TC. > Opinions welcome. I haven't reviewed the wording in detail, but the general discussion

Bug#636783: TC process GRs

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
We have accumulated the following GR proposals, mostly to do with TC matters: * Fix the supermajority bug. Status: draft text on -vote just sent. * Change the committee size to an odd number to minimise use of the casting vote in highly contested situations. Status: under discussion; te

Bug#636783: supermajority bug

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
The fix to the constitutional supermajority bug has been delayed rather. Sorry about that. I have drafted what I think is an implementation of our conclusions here and in the TC. Opinions welcome. Thanks, Ian. - GENERAL RESOLUTION STARTS - Constitutional Amendment: TC Supermajor

Bug#681419: Alternative dependencies on non-free packages in main: counterargument

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Steve Langasek writes ("Bug#681419: Alternative dependencies on non-free packages in main: counterargument"): > Sorry for the delays in writing this up. ... > I believe the *spirit* of the policy requirement is twofold: I won't repeat myself too much, but as I have said I think there is a third i

Bug#717076: libjpeg draft resolution

2014-06-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:39:21PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > This was stalled because of an unfortunate interaction with the > Project Secretary. I think we should press ahead with our resolution. > > I have adapted Colin's resolution text. I have: > - specified that the transition plan shoul

Bug#717076: libjpeg draft resolution

2014-06-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Ondřej Surý writes ("Bug#717076: libjpeg draft resolution"): > I would like to kindly ask if there's anything the rest of us can do > to move this forward, so we have a time for a transition before > next freeze. This was stalled because of an unfortunate interaction with the Project Secretary.