Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-05 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 06:06:35PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: >... > So if for example 4 members of the TC would say "only systemd is an > acceptable choice", and the other 4 members of the TC would say "only > upstart is an acceptable choice", then any result other than "further > discussion" wo

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-01 Thread Anthony Towns
On 2 February 2014 04:05, Uoti Urpala wrote: > On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 17:10 +, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Sébastien Villemot writes ("Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): >> > P1: DT > UT > DL > UL > So his example was one where the D/U and L/T ch

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-01 Thread Uoti Urpala
On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 17:10 +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Sébastien Villemot writes ("Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): > > P1: DT > UT > DL > UL > > P2: DL > UL > DT > UT > > P3: UT > UL > DL > DT > > P4: UT > UL > DL

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-02-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Sébastien Villemot writes ("Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): > P1: DT > UT > DL > UL > P2: DL > UL > DT > UT > P3: UT > UL > DL > DT > P4: UT > UL > DL > DT This is a nice example which actually demonstrates why these questions

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Don Armstrong wrote: > If this actually becomes the case, we can vote again, or change our > votes. Burying will be pretty obvious in this case, after all. Scratch what I said. Given that there isn't actually a potential compromise winner in this case, or anyone who has expre

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Josselin Mouette wrote: > With only two realistic options (systemd / upstart), this problem > doesn’t exist. But introducing more options on the ballot, it becomes > possible to obtain a rigged outcome. The vote being public, it is all > the more easier to see how you should ra

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Bdale Garbee
Josselin Mouette writes: >> == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == >> >>Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the >>foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities >>and code remain healthy. >> >>Where feasible, software should interoperate

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 03:02:21PM +0100, Sébastien Villemot wrote: > Le vendredi 31 janvier 2014 à 11:55 +, Neil McGovern a écrit : > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, > > > > Hi Josse

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 31/01/14 14:02, Sébastien Villemot wrote: > the reason of the victory of upstart in this hypothetical > vote is that systemd proponents prefer to lose on the coupling question > rather than on the init system question If having systemd is still a preference despite the outcome of the other ques

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 31/01/14 14:02, Sébastien Villemot wrote: > P1: DT > UT > DL > UL > P2: DL > UL > DT > UT > P3: UT > UL > DL > DT > P4: UT > UL > DL > DT > Of course, in the alternative scenario with two consecutive ballots (one > on the init, followed by one on the coupling), it would not have been > possible

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Hi Neil, Le vendredi 31 janvier 2014 à 11:55 +, Neil McGovern a écrit : > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, > I'm not sure what you mean here, could you care to elaborate? Wikipedia has

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Sébastien Villemot
Le vendredi 31 janvier 2014 à 11:55 +, Neil McGovern a écrit : > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, > > Hi Josselin, > > I'm not sure what you mean here, could you care to elaborate? Here

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Neil McGovern
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:33:33AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Given the Condorcet voting method is susceptible to tactical voting, Hi Josselin, I'm not sure what you mean here, could you care to elaborate? Neil signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 30 janvier 2014 à 14:40 +, Ian Jackson a écrit : > D DM U UM O OM V VM GR and of course FD [snip text for 10 different options] > == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == > >Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the >foreseeable future, and so long as

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Kern writes ("Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): > On 2014-01-30 15:47, Ian Jackson wrote: > > == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == > > > >Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the > >foreseeable fu

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Kern writes ("Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): > So if we assume that upstart wins, would it be acceptable to depend on > systemd (or vice versa)? We might then get a set called, say, Unity, > depending on upstart and one called, say, GNOME, depending o

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Philipp Kern writes ("Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): > On 2014-01-30 15:59, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Our voting system (Condorcet with "Schwartz Cloneproof Sequential > > Dropping") is designed to cope with that. In actual practice I'm > &g

Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2014-01-30 15:47, Ian Jackson wrote: == optional rider M (Multiple init systems) == Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities and code remain healthy. Where feasible, software should interoperate with

Re: Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2014-01-30 15:59, Ian Jackson wrote: Our voting system (Condorcet with "Schwartz Cloneproof Sequential Dropping") is designed to cope with that. In actual practice I'm expecting to have a single Condorcet winner in which case splitting/joining options is totally irrelevant. I really hope yo

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Steven Chamberlain writes ("Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft"): > On 30/01/14 14:40, Ian Jackson wrote: > > D DM U UM O OM V VM GR and of course FD > > > > I think we can probably leave out one of each of O OM V VM. If anyone > > has a preference for

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 30/01/14 14:40, Ian Jackson wrote: > D DM U UM O OM V VM GR and of course FD > > I think we can probably leave out one of each of O OM V VM. If anyone > has a preference for O and V over OM and VM please say so. Couldn't it bias the outcome if votes might otherwise have been split between O

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("TC resolution revised draft"): > I'm going to follow up in a moment with a formal action to propose > a resolution, starting the constitutional discussion period. I hereby formally propose what I have called UM (text below). I also hereby formally propose DM as an amendment,

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("TC resolution revised draft"): > For the GR rider I used the version from my previous standalone > proposal. I see Bdale has a different text in git. I'll discuss that > in a moment. I see that Bdale has his own draft in git. The differences are: * My GR rider is differen

Bug#727708: TC resolution revised draft

2014-01-30 Thread Ian Jackson
I have taken Bdale's text, reformatted it a bit, and added the GR rider and the multiple init systems rider texts. For the GR rider I used the version from my previous standalone proposal. I see Bdale has a different text in git. I'll discuss that in a moment. For the multiple init systems ride