Re: Bundled votes and the secretary

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:58:09AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> from http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007#majorityreq
>    4.  We give priority to the timely release of Etch over sorting every
>        bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless
>        firmware as a best-effort process, and deliver firmware in udebs
>        as long as it is necessary for installation (like all udebs), and
>        firmware included in the kernel itself as part of Debian Etch, as
>        long as we are legally allowed to do so, and the firmware is
>        distributed upstream under a license that complies with the DFSG.
> 
> 
> and from the current vote:
>    4.  We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting
>        every bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of
>        sourceless firmware as a best-effort process, and deliver
>        firmware as part of Debian Lenny as long as we are legally
>        allowed to do so.
> 
> Now explain to me how a genuine interpretation of the Constitution let
> the former need simple majority and the latter super majority.

The biggest difference is the "under a license that complies with
the DFSG" part.  There is also the udeb part that's different.

Note that we also have the an option (choice 5) with the "under a
license that complies with the DFSG" part and that doesn't have the
3:1 majority requirement.


Kurt