Final call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-04-09 Thread Debian Project Secretary
behind the participation levels of previous years as measured by percentage of developers participating.. - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION 2002 Votes must be received by 23:59

Final call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-04-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
by percentage of developers participating.. - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION 2002 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on April 16th, 2002. This vote is being conducted

Final call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-04-09 Thread Debian Project Secretary
behind the participation levels of previous years as measured by percentage of developers participating.. - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION 2002 Votes must be received by 23:59

Final call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-04-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
by percentage of developers participating.. - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION 2002 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on April 16th, 2002. This vote is being conducted

Second call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-04-02 Thread Debian Project Secretary
, resulting in 238 valid votes from 227 unique developers] SECOND CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION 2002 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on April 16th, 2002. This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. You may see the constitution at http

Second call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-04-02 Thread Debian Project Secretary
, resulting in 238 valid votes from 227 unique developers] SECOND CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN PROJECT LEADER ELECTION 2002 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on April 16th, 2002. This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. You may see the constitution at

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Thom May
* Anthony DeRobertis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 04:16 AM, David N. Welton wrote: > > > > >All hail emperor me, [..] > > And, lastly, and maybe most importantly, I propose a that we > give Emperer David N. Welton a funny pointy hat. Can I either > get a fir

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Marcelo" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcelo> Thanks for the clarification Manoj. I see the script does Marcelo> work as discussed. My only remaining question is if the Marcelo> script that parses the vote does indeed handle [ ] Marcelo> correctly. In a previou

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Folks, I did not attribute the script that we are planning on using for the vote counting to Anthony Towns. aj had sent me the script a few weeks ago, but I had totally forgotten that he had done so. Since the script did not contain an author name, I had forgotten who had sent it in.

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Thom May
* Anthony DeRobertis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 04:16 AM, David N. Welton wrote: > > > > >All hail emperor me, [..] > > And, lastly, and maybe most importantly, I propose a that we > give Emperer David N. Welton a funny pointy hat. Can I either > get a fi

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Marcelo" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcelo> Thanks for the clarification Manoj. I see the script does Marcelo> work as discussed. My only remaining question is if the Marcelo> script that parses the vote does indeed handle [ ] Marcelo> correctly. In a previo

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Folks, I did not attribute the script that we are planning on using for the vote counting to Anthony Towns. aj had sent me the script a few weeks ago, but I had totally forgotten that he had done so. Since the script did not contain an author name, I had forgotten who had sent it in.

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 04:16 AM, David N. Welton wrote: All hail emperor me, In playing WarCraft II, there are a few things I've learned about this that I'd like to pass along. First, peasants are easy to rule, as long as you don't overwork them too much. After all, they all cha

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread David N. Welton
In light of the confusion this 'voting' business has caused, I see the only answer, for the good of our project of course, is for me to seize power and declare myself emperor for life. As we speak, my trusted henchmen are moving to take control of key Debian infrastructure. All hail emperor me,

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread David N. Welton
In light of the confusion this 'voting' business has caused, I see the only answer, for the good of our project of course, is for me to seize power and declare myself emperor for life. As we speak, my trusted henchmen are moving to take control of key Debian infrastructure. All hail emperor me,

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This year we are using a new method of properly determining > concordcet ballots using the Cloneproof SSD method. The script that > calculates this is appended below. Thanks for the clarification Manoj. I see the script does work as d

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) Your candidate > 2) None of the above > 3 and 4) The other two This is actually incorrect. That means you prefer one of the the other two over the other, which might seem irrelevant, but under this voting system makes a difference.

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Norbert" == Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Norbert> Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate Norbert> vorthy of a vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means Norbert> nothing? That dosent seem right :) I would not say it meant nothing. It means that

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:38:59AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > This year we are using a new method of properly determining > concordcet ballots using the Cloneproof SSD method. The script that > calculates this is appended below. "Condorcet" ballots. The history's this: way back in th

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-28 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Mar 27, Bdale Garbee wrote: > The discussion after last year's vote on this topic seemed to lead to a > concensus that we should treat any unmarked choices as being of equal > preference, at a preference level below any marked entries. 1. The method is called Condorcet, even though we all w

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This year we are using a new method of properly determining > concordcet ballots using the Cloneproof SSD method. The script that > calculates this is appended below. Thanks for the clarification Manoj. I see the script does work as

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) Your candidate > 2) None of the above > 3 and 4) The other two This is actually incorrect. That means you prefer one of the the other two over the other, which might seem irrelevant, but under this voting system makes a difference

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Joe Drew
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 00:06, Ben Collins wrote: > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > option (the things you vote for ar

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? That dosent > seem right :) The code Manoj posted seems to match your intuition rather than Ben's description: # On <>, ex

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Norbert" == Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Norbert> Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate Norbert> vorthy of a vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means Norbert> nothing? That dosent seem right :) I would not say it meant nothing. It means that

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:38:59AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > This year we are using a new method of properly determining > concordcet ballots using the Cloneproof SSD method. The script that > calculates this is appended below. "Condorcet" ballots. The history's this: way back in t

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Mar 27, Bdale Garbee wrote: > The discussion after last year's vote on this topic seemed to lead to a > concensus that we should treat any unmarked choices as being of equal > preference, at a preference level below any marked entries. 1. The method is called Condorcet, even though we all

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Norbert Veber) writes: > > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means > > nothing. > > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in ju

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Chris Danis
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, "Norbert" == Norbert Veber wrote: Norbert> Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy Norbert> of a vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? Norbert> That dosent seem right :) It makes sense if you understand how Concorde vot

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? That dosent > seem right :) If that's what you think, then you rank them thus: 1) Your candidate 2) None of the above 3 an

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 05:07:31PM -0500, Norbert Veber wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > > reason that leaving it bl

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Joe Drew
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 00:06, Ben Collins wrote: > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > option (the things you vote for a

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? That dosent > seem right :) The code Manoj posted seems to match your intuition rather than Ben's description: # On <>, e

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Norbert Veber) writes: > > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means > > nothing. > > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in j

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Chris Danis
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, "Norbert" == Norbert Veber wrote: Norbert> Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy Norbert> of a vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? Norbert> That dosent seem right :) It makes sense if you understand how Concorde vo

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thats very strange. So if I only consider one candidate vorthy of a > vote, and fill in just one square, my vote means nothing? That dosent > seem right :) If that's what you think, then you rank them thus: 1) Your candidate 2) None of the above 3 a

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 05:07:31PM -0500, Norbert Veber wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > > reason that leaving it b

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Norbert Veber
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > option (the things yo

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Norbert Veber
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > option (the things y

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi >>"Marcelo" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcelo> I'd also appreciate a clarification regarding this, Marcelo> preferably from Manoj himself. It is my intention to vote Marcelo> that way and this time I'd like my vote to be counted in Marcelo> the way I intended..

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi >>"Marcelo" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcelo> I'd also appreciate a clarification regarding this, Marcelo> preferably from Manoj himself. It is my intention to vote Marcelo> that way and this time I'd like my vote to be counted in Marcelo> the way I intended.

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 02:56:47AM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:06:10 -0500 > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means >

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 02:56:47AM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:06:10 -0500 > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If you want to select one person, and leave the rest equally, you > > could put a "1" for the person (or thing) you like, and mark the > > rest as "2". > [...] > unacceptable blank. Start with 1, don't skip any numbers, don't > repeat

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-27 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If you want to select one person, and leave the rest equally, you > > could put a "1" for the person (or thing) you like, and mark the > > rest as "2". > [...] > unacceptable blank. Start with 1, don't skip any numbers, don't > repea

Re: How to Vote (was: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002)

2002-03-27 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 01:37, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > If I see it right, i will give my prefered candidate a 1, the second best a > 2, then i will give "no candidate" a 3, and then it is optional if i leave > the unwanted candidate empty or give it a 4. As I understand Ben's message, leaving an op

How to Vote (was: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002)

2002-03-27 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > option (the things yo

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-26 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:06:10 -0500 Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means > nothing. If you want to select one person, and leave the rest equally, > you cou

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-26 Thread Ben Collins
I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that option (the things you vote for are not considered against the thing you left blank). One

Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-26 Thread Debian Project Secretary
week. Acks shall only be generated for correct parsing of the vote. Hopefully, the process shall not mess up under live conditions. The order of the candidates names was determined by writing them on e piece of paper, and randomly selecting the pieces. ] FIRST CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN

How to Vote (was: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002)

2002-03-26 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the > hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple > reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that > option (the things y

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-26 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:06:10 -0500 Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One side affect of this is that if you only put a number next to one > person's name, and leave the rest blank, your vote pretty much means > nothing. If you want to select one person, and leave the rest equally, > you co

Re: Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-26 Thread Ben Collins
I just want to remind everyone about how this voting works under the hood. You are better off not leaving options blank, for the simple reason that leaving it blank means your vote does not count against that option (the things you vote for are not considered against the thing you left blank). On

Call for votes for the debian project leader election 2002

2002-03-26 Thread Debian Project Secretary
week. Acks shall only be generated for correct parsing of the vote. Hopefully, the process shall not mess up under live conditions. The order of the candidates names was determined by writing them on e piece of paper, and randomly selecting the pieces. ] FIRST CALL FOR VOTES FOR THE DEBIAN