Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

[Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 09:28:27AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> 
> Superseding a document is easily recognizable: it's when you explicitely
> say that you're going to change its _content_ (ex:
> http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_003 ). Any time that this is not the
> case, you should assume that we're not changing our common goal but that
> we're discussing the interpretation that we make of it

If that is the case, why would anyone propose changing a foundation
document, and risk failing to meet the 3:1 requirement, when they could
simply declare that they interpret it to say what they would like it to
say, and have a 1:1 vote?


Thanks
Ian