Bug#636783: TC casting vote
On 23/05/14 at 09:42 +0200, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-05-23 at 08:32 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > On 22/05/14 at 10:14 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 03:56:26PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > > We have had some discussion about this. No-one seems to have objected
> > > > to the suggestion that the DPL, rather than the TC chairman, should
> > > > have a casting vote in TC decisions.
> > >
> > > > I'm therefore intending to roll this up into my TC GR(s).
> > >
> > > I don't recall seeing this discussion. I don't agree that this is a good
> > > structural change, for similar reasons to Tollef.
> >
> > Same here.
> >
> > Additionally:
> > 1/ it would feel quite strange if the DPL suddenly had to dig
> > deeply into a controversial issue at the end of the voting period,
> > without taking part in the earlier technical discussion.
> >
> > 2/ the DPL is not chosen using the same criteria as the TC members, and
> > we may very well have a DPL that is not trusted by the project for
> > his/her technical skills. So it would mean turning a technical decision
> > into a political one.
> >
> > 3/ a recent GR (the code of conduct one) showed that Developers were not
> > big fans of the idea of deferring out-of-the-usual-scope decisions to
> > the DPL.
>
> The solution is simple: Have an odd number of members in the TC. Then no
> casting vote is needed at all.
No, one can rank two options at the same level.
Lucas
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