Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-24 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Hi Lucas, On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 09:07:42AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Oh, yes, sure. But is this point still valid? My perception is that the > current set of amendments is good enough. But if you were planning to > propose one yourself and haven't had time to do it yet, I am of course > fin

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 23/10/14 at 07:52 +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Dear Lucas, > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:22:39PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > I think that the current set of options would be a sensible ballot, and > > I'm not aware of any discussions to add another option, so I'm inclined > > to short

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-22 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Dear Lucas, On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:22:39PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > I think that the current set of options would be a sensible ballot, and > I'm not aware of any discussions to add another option, so I'm inclined > to shorten the discussion period. I hope you consider the point raised

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-22 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:22:39PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > > Charles, Luca, can you confirm that you are also fine with shortening > the discussion period to one week? I am fine with shortening it. Cheers, Charles -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/de

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-22 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Lucas Nussbaum (2014-10-22): > On 17/10/14 at 10:01 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > But designing and tuning alternative proposals might take time, so I > > would prefer to wait a few days before reducing the discussion period, > > to ensure that we vote with a sensible ballot. I will decide in t

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-22 Thread Ian Jackson
Lucas Nussbaum writes ("Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week"): > I think that the current set of options would be a sensible ballot, and > I'm not aware of any discussions to add another option, so I'm inclined > to shorten the discussion peri

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-22 Thread Luca Falavigna
Hi Lucas, 2014-10-22 17:22 GMT+02:00 Lucas Nussbaum : > Charles, Luca, can you confirm that you are also fine with shortening > the discussion period to one week? Fine for me. Cheers, Luca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-22 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 17/10/14 at 10:01 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > But designing and tuning alternative proposals might take time, so I > would prefer to wait a few days before reducing the discussion period, > to ensure that we vote with a sensible ballot. I will decide in the > middle of next week about th

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-17 Thread Luca Falavigna
2014-10-17 10:42 GMT+02:00 Lucas Nussbaum : > Note that our voting method is clone-proof, so one proposal cannot steal > votes from one another. That's one of the great things about Condorcet: > you can have similar proposals on the same ballot without causing the > votes to be split. Also numbers

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-17 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 17/10/14 at 10:28 +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > 2014-10-17 10:01 GMT+02:00 Lucas Nussbaum : > > So, I think that we need alternative proposal(s), [...] > > I agree with this point in principle, but we should avoid having too > many options, leading to scattered votes. One party could "win" wit

Re: Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-17 Thread Luca Falavigna
2014-10-17 10:01 GMT+02:00 Lucas Nussbaum : > So, I think that we need alternative proposal(s), [...] I agree with this point in principle, but we should avoid having too many options, leading to scattered votes. One party could "win" with less than 25% of the votes if the other ones are stealing

Reducing the discussion and the voting period to 1 week

2014-10-17 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 17/10/14 at 08:38 +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > I wonder if, in the circumstances, the DPL should use their power > under 4.2.4 to reduce the discussion period to 1 week. I'd be > surprised if anyone is likely to change their view on the desirability > of choice of init system now - as oth